National Market Access Director Monday-Friday, 800am-500pm

Transplant Genomics Inc. (TGI) is a molecular diagnostics company committed to improving organ transplant outcomes with non-invasive serial monitoring guided by biomarkers. TGIs product portfolio of both individual and combined whole blood gene expression and donor derived cell-free DNA testing is capable of reliably ruling out subclinical kidney rejection and acute rejection in kidney transplant addition to kidney transplantation testing our newest product for liver transplant patients is a blood-based biomarker assay designed to rule out rejection as immunosuppression therapy is optimized.

Director National Market Access (Director) will partner with and report to the VP of Market Access or Finance Leader and communicate regularly with the Director of Billing. The Director will be responsible for managing and supporting the administrative and internal operational aspects of the managed care contracting department on a regional and national level. This position would serve as a conduit between Billing Payor Relations credentialing and enrollment functions and third-party payors including Medicare and Medicaid programs to resolve issues related to reimbursement language and other disputes to create revenue optimization. If requested the Director will fulfill these same functions for other Eurofins third party billing businesses.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Leads all 3rd party payer contract negotiations and all other contract related discussions with payers
Develops drives and maintains a contracting strategy for the organization that is cognizant of current market trends and aligns incentives among companies within the Eurofins network of companies
Manages and negotiates national and regional contracts to ensure companies objectives are met in a timely manner.
Analyzes applicable contracts associated documents and proposed fees and negotiates financial terms of contracts
Analyzes existing terms to determine if re-negotiation is warranted
Leads payer petitioning endeavors to overturn negative coverage decisions or to ensure positive coverage decisions for new tests
Serves as the companies primary business owner and conduit for each 3rd party payer
Serves as designated participant on Executive Leadership team for clinical companies with third party billing requirements
Monitor escalate and summarize potentially problematic contract provisions and regulatory issues to management as it relates to payer contracting.
Interface with internal departments such as Payor Enrollment Revenue Cycle Analytics Finance Quality Management and Legal.
Develop and maintain relationships with operational counterparts at payors and regulatory bodies nationally.
Work with external legal counsel to investigate and evaluate national and state payor market regulatory statues.
Assist with the development and maintenance of department policies and standard operational procedures in collaboration with underlings on the Payor Relations department ensuring compliance.
Creation of third-party tools to create a Payor policy database specific to the tests Eurofins performs.
Creation of a dynamic fee schedule/reimbursement matrix and database.
Resolve payor related reimbursement and contract language interpretation issues.
Seek and find increased revenue opportunities through claims investigation analysis of billing patterns/interfacing with billing and payer contractual non-compliance.
Perform data analysis from a variety of data sources to evolve the metrics used to measure effectiveness and return on investment of all current and new product activity.
Model and run payment analysis reports in Excel and other modeling programs from SAS data downloadable from our Xifin billing system
Monitor identify summarize and maintain a repository of applicable regulatory and contractual requirements (i.e. No Surprise Bill state legislation Medicare/Medicaid required contract language etc.).
Serve as a project manager for any directed projects.
Understand and investigate as needed and disseminate information to the managed care contracting department and billing operations and sales of any new WC Auto Medicaid CMS or health plan products introduced into the market place.

Qualifications :

Essential Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Bachelor degree in Business Administration Finance Accounting and/or Information Systems required.
Masters Degree preferred.
Ability to lead of team of diverse skill-sets and age groups.
Strong interpersonal skills; strong written verbal and analytical skills; ability to adhere to deadlines; work to get the job done right the first time.
Minimum 10 years healthcare administrative experience.
Must be a self-starter with the ability to organize and multi-task multiple tasks/projects to completion.
Professional business sense; strong knowledge of payor reimbursement methodology types
Proficient in creating and utilizing MS Excel spreadsheets and all other MS Office programs business intelligence tools and/or other reportable performance programs.
Experience working with multiple state payors preferred.
Ability to process and understand complex information related to working in a managed care environment.
Strong familiarity with managed care terminology and managed care contact provisions.
Experience in compiling coordinating and analyzing payor contract regulatory requirements and contract language.
Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality regarding sensitive corporate data.
Ability to work outside core business hours as needed and take ownership of issue-resolution regardless of hours worked.

Physical Requirements:
Physical dexterity sufficient to use hands arms and shoulders repetitively to operate a keyboard and other office equipment use a telephone access file cabinets and other items stored at various levels including overhead
Ability to speak and hear well enough to communicate clearly and understandably with sufficient volume to ensure an accurate exchange of information in normal conversational distance over the telephone and in a group setting
Ability to continuously operate a personal computer for extended periods of time (4 or more hours)
Mental acuity sufficient to collect and interpret data evaluate reason define problems establish facts draw valid conclusions make valid judgments and decisions
Must be vaccinated against the novel COVID-19 virus variants or provide proof of approved exemption.

The essential physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information :

Schedule:

• Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

What we offer:

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage dental and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

Eurofins USA Clinical Diagnostics is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time