Contract Negotiator II
Centene Corporation · United States · US
General Business
Remote/Hybrid — check advert
physician
Demand68
Career growth60
Healthcare fit62
Remote potential88
Salary band
USD 56k – 101k
5-year outlook
Stable mid-level payer contracting outlook with progression toward senior negotiation, network management, or managed care leadership; compensation can grow with health-system and value-based contracting experience.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
moderate
Seniority
mid
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-11-09
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Side income
- Classified as side-income friendly
- Engagement type
- Contract
- Hours
- Part-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- physician
- Rate period
- Annual
Why this was classified this way
- Contract
- part-time
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Why this is worth applying to
Worth considering for clinicians with practice management, provider relations, credentialing, or contract-review exposure who want a remote payer-side role. Pure clinicians without contracting or provider-network experience may struggle against the 2+ year requirement.
Who should apply
Physicians, nurses, IMGs, and healthcare graduates with hospital/physician-group operations, provider relations, managed care, credentialing, reimbursement, or contract-analysis experience.
CV angle
Frame real clinical and administrative work around provider contracting, reimbursement, payer interactions, Medicaid/Medicare exposure, service-level discussions, stakeholder negotiation, and understanding of code-level payment methodologies; avoid claiming contract-negotiation experience you do not have.
Skills to highlight
- Contract negotiation
- Contract analysis
- Provider relations
- Medicaid/Medicare knowledge
- Payment methodologies
- Stakeholder communication
- Out-of-network agreements
- Health system operations
Role summary
A remote payer-side contracting role focused on negotiating and analyzing provider agreements, supporting health-system and physician-group relationships, and applying healthcare payment knowledge within Centene's network operations.
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