Provider Network National ACO Lead for Value-Based Contracting
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
Why Join CINQCARE
CINQCARE is a provider-led community-based health and care partner dedicated to improving the health and well-being of those who need care the most with a deep commitment to high-needs urban and rural communities. Our local physicians nurses and caregivers work together to serve people and the communities they live in beyond just treating symptoms. We remove barriers by delivering personalized care as close to home as possible often in-home because we know a deep understanding of our patients race culture and environment is critical to delivering improved health outcomes. By empowering patients providers and caregivers with the support they need we strive to make health and care a realitynot a burdenevery single day. Join us in creating a better way to care.
Position Overview
The National Network ACO Lead is a senior leader with financial and strategic acumen responsible for building managing and optimizing a high-performing ACO Provider Network that drives shared savings risk adjustment accuracy and total-cost-of-care reduction. This role combines deep value-based payment expertise with financial modeling and performance management to recruit financially sophisticated providers negotiate risk-capable contracts and deliver measurable ROI. The Lead serves as the primary financial and contract liaison to ACO providers ensuring alignment of incentives accurate attribution forecasting and sustained profitability for both the ACO and its participants.
Key Responsibilities
ACO Financial Strategy & Network Development
- Develop and execute a financially driven ACO network strategy that maximizes benchmark performance shared savings potential and risk adjustment factor (RAF) uplift.
- Perform attribution forecasting and financial pro forma modeling for prospective providers using CMS methodologies with actuarial support.
- Build and maintain advanced financial models to estimate provider-level shared savings risk corridor exposure and stop-loss requirements under Global and Professional capitation options for providers that opt for a capitation model.
- Partner with actuarial and finance teams to set provider-specific cost and quality targets that achieve 5% gross savings to benchmark.
Value-Based Contracting & Financial Negotiation
- Lead negotiation of ACO participation agreements including Preferred Provider addendums shared savings distribution methodologies risk-sharing arrangements and performance-based withhold/recoupment clauses.
- Design and implement tiered reimbursement structures (e.g. enhanced FFS care management fees shared savings bonuses) that incentivize ambulatory shift and HRSN referral volume.
- Negotiate bundled and episodic payment arrangements with ancillary providers (ASCs imaging centers labs DME) to reduce total cost of care by 2040% versus hospital-based settings.
Provider Recruitment & Financial Onboarding
- Target and recruit high-ROI providers using financial opportunity analyses (e.g. Your practice can gain $450K in additional shared savings increments to Benchmark).
- Deliver executive-level presentations demonstrating provider-specific financial upside under ACO (benchmark comparison attribution impact quality payout scenarios).
- Oversee financial onboarding including baseline cost analysis.
Provider Performance Management & Financial Accountability
- Serve as the primary financial relationship manager for ACO providers participate in select partnership reviews that tie clinical performance to dollars (shared savings forecasts quality payout impact leakage reports).
- Collaborate with data analytics to contribute to the design of provider-facing dashboards showing real-time financial performance (PMPM trends HCC gap closure value ancillary shift savings) and potentially forecasting shared savings performance.
- Drive corrective action plans for underperforming providers using financial levers (withhold recovery tier demotion enhanced support).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in finance Business Healthcare Administration or related field; MBA MHA or CPA strongly preferred.
- 710 years of progressive experience in value-based care network development and financial performance management with direct ACO MSSP or Medicare Advantage experience required.
- Advanced knowledge of CMS payment methodologies: prospective assignment risk adjustment (HCC) shared savings calculations quality withhold and risk corridors.
- Proven track record negotiating risk-based and capitated contracts that delivered positive shared savings.
- Expert-level financial modeling skills (Excel SQL or BI tools) with ability to build provider-level P&L forecasts.
- Deep understanding of site-of-service economics bundled payments and ancillary cost drivers.
- Exceptional executive presence and ability to translate complex financial concepts into compelling provider value propositions.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with actuarial pricing stop-loss reinsurance or population health analytics.
Our Benefits
At CINQCARE we care for our team like we care for our patientsholistically. We offer flexible comprehensive benefits so you can thrive while delivering top-notch care.
- Medical Plans: Two comprehensive options offered to Team members.
- 401K: 4% employer match for your future.
- Dental & Vision: Flexible plans with in-network savings.
- Paid Time Off: Generous PTO holidays and wellness time.
- Extras: Pet insurance commuter benefits mileage reimbursement CME for providers and company-provided phones for field staff.
The working environment and physical requirements of the job include:
In-office work is performed indoors in a traditional office setting with conditioned air artificial light and an open workspace.
In this position you will need an to communicate with customers vendors management and other co-workers in person and over devices sometimes with people who are agitated. Regular use of the telephone and e-mail for communication is essential. Sitting for extended periods is common. Must be able to receive ordinary information and to prepare or inspect documents. Lifting of up to 10 lbs. occasionally may be required. Good manual dexterity for the use of common office equipment such as computer terminals calculator copiers and FAX machines. Good reasoning ability is important. Able to understand and utilize management reports memos and other documents to conduct business.
Equal Opportunity & Reasonable Accommodation Statement
CINQCARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or employment process please indicate this in your application or speak with your recruiter during the hiring process.
Disclaimer
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify add or remove duties as necessary.
About Company
CINQCARE delivers health and care—better, simpler, and closer to home. Because your health shouldn’t depend on your zip code.