Who We Are:

Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) is a leading healthcare services and technology company that offers a growing portfolio of services and solutions to support the diverse and complex needs of the alternate site healthcare provider. MHA provides expertise in Group Purchasing, Managed Care and Payer Contracting, Reimbursement Management, Specialty Pharmacy Solutions, Pharmaceutical Data Analytics, Consultant Pharmacy Software and Legislative Advocacy. Through the delivery of innovative care services and solutions, MHA helps members increase operational efficiency, maximize business growth, and provide optimum care for their patients.

Founded in 1989, MHA was purchased by Roper Technologies, Inc. in mid-2013. Roper Technologies is a constituent of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000, and the Russell 1000 indices. Roper designs and develops software (both software-as-a-service and licensed) and engineered products and solutions for healthcare, transportation, food, energy, water, education, and academic research markets worldwide. 

Who we’re looking for:

The Contract Manager performs all functions related to the contracting process for assigned business partners, including Medical and Business Products and Services business partners.  The Contract Manager is responsible for surveying the market for new opportunities for MHA, they will also look at the market for gaps in the portfolio and have a clear understanding of how market conditions impact the executed contracts.  The role is responsible for the end-to-end management of the contract management process, including preparing, coordinating, and managing contract negotiations as well as the ongoing relationships with assigned Business Partners, including, but not limited to, new agreements, renewal agreements, amendments, and product/price change notifications. The right candidate must have strong written and oral communication skills, as well as strong organizational skills and follow-through as well as strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serve as initial point of contact for business partners and legal for pharma contract related inquiries, with escalation to Trade Leadership as needed.
• Manage projects as assigned.
• Perform peer review functions on contract amendments that do not require legal review.
• Serve as the point of contact with the Trade Leadership for assigned Business Partners on contractual matters.
• Prepare documents, obtain analytics/insights, Take the lead in business review coordination and discussions, and document feedback with mid & low-level accounts. Send out business review meeting notes with follow-up actions and ensure follow-up occurs accordingly.
• On all standard and nonstandard contracts, negotiates all business terms in new and renewal agreements and provides redlined recommendations based on MHA policies and business goals from Trade leadership.
• Support contracts pull-through activities by choosing correct communication templates, writing communication material, and obtaining necessary information from account management, operations, analytics, legal, and trade leadership for the completion of contract communication updates. Obtains necessary approval from legal, account management, and marketing.
• Makes recommendations on contract communications materials connected to the drug's lifecycle. Helps build new templates and repeatable processes connected to new or updated materials.
• Make recommendations on repeatable contract routing and approval processes to trade or legal leadership. After approval, update appropriate documents and train accordingly.
• Coordinate contract negotiations between MHA Legal and Business Partner to ensure timely review, reconciliation of contract drafts and final approval of contract terms and conditions.
• Proactively coordinate with Operations Teams on all operational terms and conditions.
  • Managing that Pay Terms are being adhered to by Business Partners
  • Reporting is consistent with the contractual terms
  • Identifying all contracts with additional Administrative Fee terms
  • Make recommendations on repeatable operational processes, obtain approval, document accordingly, and train appropriate stakeholders.
• Ensure that contracts are fully executed and communicated to all relevant parties to provide contract visibility, awareness, and seamless implementation.
  • Ensures key contract terms are loaded in MIDAS, Salesforce, the Z Drive and the Portals
• Manage ongoing contract maintenance, such as product additions and price changes, as well as contract renewals and extensions.
• Develops recommendations for contract management KPI’s, implements, monitors, and reports out KPI to trade leadership team in standard operational reviews.
• Address Sales and Operations contract-related issues in a timely fashion.
• Ensures contract renewals are finalized proactively prior to expiration date. Makes recommendations on process changes to support efficient renewals, and documents and trains on approved changes accordingly.

 What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• BA/BS in degree; MBA a plus. 
• 5-7 years managerial experience, with experience in contract management, customer service, operations, or analytics in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries.
• Strong contracting strategy and administration experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries.
• Requires excellent planning, organizational, analytical, follow-through, and self-management skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and client-server-based applications and databases.

What’s Good to Know:

• No travel
• Hybrid work environment

Benefits at a glance: We offer competitive compensation and benefits designed to help you find balance, grow, and thrive at work and in life.

• Professional development opportunities
• Company paid medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition Assistance
• Gym Reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid time off, 12 paid holidays
• Flexible work environment and much more! 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job to perform essential functions of this job successfully.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to move around the work area; sit; perform manual tasks; operate tools and other office equipment such as computer, computer peripherals, and telephones; extend arms; kneel; talk and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. 
• Mental Demands: the employee must be able to follow directions, collaborate well with others, and handle stress.
• Work environment:  The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and ensures its employment decisions comply with principles embodied in Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Executive Order 11246, Revised Order Number 4, and applicable state regulations.

 

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Administration