Network Contract Manager - Remote - Mid-Atlantic Region Preferred
UnitedHealthcare · Columbia, MD · 1 mo ago
Management$73k–$130k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if real content. Remove boilerplate. Use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content.
From posting: Intro paragraph about UnitedHealthcare mission etc. Could be "About the role". Then responsibilities list. Then required qualifications. Then preferred qualifications. Then benefits and pay info. Also mention remote flexibility, travel up to 25%, driver's license. Those could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Also mention "Mid-Atlantic Region preferred." Could be part of Requirements.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. Do not repeat job title. No Job ID. Remove EEO etc. Remove application instructions (deadline etc). Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Remove duplicated lines.
We need to decide sections:
- About the role: include mission statement and description of role: "At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying...". Also description of Network Contract Manager role. That seems appropriate.
- Responsibilities: list bullet points from "Primary Responsibilities". Those are many bullet-like sentences. We'll put
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content.
From posting: Intro paragraph about UnitedHealthcare mission etc. Could be "About the role". Then responsibilities list. Then required qualifications. Then preferred qualifications. Then benefits and pay info. Also mention remote flexibility, travel up to 25%, driver's license. Those could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Also mention "Mid-Atlantic Region preferred." Could be part of Requirements.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. Do not repeat job title. No Job ID. Remove EEO etc. Remove application instructions (deadline etc). Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Remove duplicated lines.
We need to decide sections:
- About the role: include mission statement and description of role: "At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying...". Also description of Network Contract Manager role. That seems appropriate.
- Responsibilities: list bullet points from "Primary Responsibilities". Those are many bullet-like sentences. We'll put - .
- Requirements / Qualifications: Could combine Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. But we have separate headings possible: Requirements (maybe required) and Qualifications (maybe preferred). However instructions: use headings as given; we can include both if content. We'll include "Required Qualifications" and "Preferred Qualifications" as separate sections? The allowed headings list includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It does not list "Required Qualifications" vs "Preferred Qualifications". But we can use "Requirements" for required, and "Qualifications" for preferred? Or we could combine into one "Requirements" section containing both required and preferred, but we need to preserve distinction? Not required to keep distinction, but we should preserve all info. Could list required under Requirements heading, and preferred under Qualifications heading. That seems okay.
- Skills: maybe we can extract communication, interpersonal, customer service skills from preferred qualifications. Could put under Skills.
- Benefits: mention comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution. Also remote flexibility? That's more work arrangement. Could be under Benefits? But remote flexibility is not a benefit per se but a work arrangement. Could be under Schedule? Actually schedule: remote work flexibility, travel up to 25%. Could be under Schedule? But schedule heading is for work schedule details. We could include remote work and travel under Schedule. However we also have Pay section for salary range.
- Pay: salary range $72,800 - $130,000 annually.
- Schedule: remote work flexibility, travel up to 25%, driver's license, Mid-Atlantic region preferred.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, drug test, mission statements about health disparities etc? Those are part of company mission but could be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The mission statement about helping people live healthier lives etc is maybe part of About the role? It's not EEO. It's generic corporate mission but could be kept as part of About the role. However the instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. The later paragraphs about mission, equity, drug test, EEO are likely boilerplate. We should remove them. Also remove "Application Deadline" etc.
Thus we keep only substantive role-specific content.
Let's extract:
Intro: "At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together"
Then role description: "The Network Contract Manager develops the provider network (physicians) yielding a geographically competitive, broad access, stable network that achieves objectives for unit cost performance and trend management and produces an affordable and predictable product for customers and business partners. Network Contract Managers evaluate and negotiate contracts in compliance with company contract templates, reimbursement structure standards, and other key process controls. Responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining solid business relationships with Physician or Ancillary providers and ensuring the network composition includes an appropriate distribution of provider specialties."
Then remote flexibility: "You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Mid-Atlantic Region preferred."
Then responsibilities list (bullet style): list of items after "Primary Responsibilities". We'll capture each sentence.
Then: "You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in."
Then Required Qualifications list.
Then Preferred Qualifications list.
Then Pay: "Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 - $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable."
We could separate Benefits and Pay.
Benefits: comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution.
Pay: salary range $72,800 - $130,000 annually.
Schedule: remote work flexibility, travel up to 25%, driver's license, Mid-Atlantic region preferred.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "etc." but it's okay.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... intro + role description ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Required Qualifications
- ...
...
Preferred Qualifications
- ...
...
Skills
- Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information form others
- Demonstrated solid interpersonal skills, establishing rapport and working well with others
- Demonstrated solid customer service skills
But note that these are part of Preferred Qualifications; we could keep them there. However we have a Skills heading allowed. Might be better to put them under Skills. But we must not lose info. We could keep them under Preferred Qualifications and also have Skills? Might duplicate. Better to put them under Skills and keep Preferred Qualifications for other items like "All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy". That's a policy statement; could be under Requirements? Actually it's a requirement for remote workers. Could be under Requirements.
Let's parse Preferred Qualifications bullet list:
"Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information form others"
"Demonstrated solid interpersonal skills, establishing rapport and working well with others"
"Demonstrated solid customer service skills"
"All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy"
Thus we have four items. We could put first three under Skills, and the last under Requirements (or Preferred Qualifications). But we already have Required Qualifications separate. Might be okay to have a "Preferred Qualifications" section containing the telecommuter policy line only. But that seems thin. Better to combine all under Preferred Qualifications and not have a separate Skills heading. Since we have a heading for Skills, we could use it for the communication/interpersonal/customer service items, and keep Preferred Qualifications for the telecommuter policy. That yields two sections: Skills and Preferred Qualifications (with one item). That's okay.
But we must avoid thin sections? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having a Preferred Qualifications with one item might be thin. Could merge telecommuter policy into Requirements (as a requirement for remote workers). That seems reasonable: it's a requirement. So we can have Required Qualifications include that line as well. Then we can have Skills section for the three skill items. That yields substantive sections.
Thus:
Required Qualifications: list of the required qualifications (3+ years experience etc) plus the telecommuter policy line.
Preferred Qualifications: maybe we can drop because we moved its content to Skills and Required Qualifications. But we still have the phrase "Preferred Qualifications" heading in the original; but if we omit it, we might lose the label but content is preserved elsewhere. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't require preserving the exact heading labels; we just need to preserve the information. So we can omit the Preferred Qualifications heading if we have placed its content elsewhere. That's acceptable.
Thus sections:
- About the role
- Responsibilities
- Required Qualifications
- Skills
- Benefits
- Pay
- Schedule
Now we need to extract content for each.
About the role: combine intro paragraph and role description.
Intro: "At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together"
Role description: "The Network Contract Manager develops the provider network (physicians) yielding a geographically competitive, broad access, stable network that achieves objectives for unit cost performance and trend management and produces an affordable and predictable product for customers and business partners. Network Contract Managers evaluate and negotiate contracts in compliance with company contract templates, reimbursement structure standards, and other key process controls. Responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining solid business relationships with Physician or Ancillary providers and ensuring the network composition includes an appropriate distribution of provider specialties."
We can combine into one or two paragraphs. Use for prose.
Responsibilities: list items from "Primary Responsibilities". Let's list them:
- Assess and interpret customer needs and requirements
- Negotiate physician contracts
- Forecast and plan ongoing physician contract renewal strategy
- Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems
- Solve moderately complex problems and / or conduct moderately complex analyses
- Work with minimal guidance; seek guidance on only the most complex tasks
- Translate concepts into practice
- Provide explanations and information to others on difficult issues
- Coach, provide feedback, and guide others
- Act as a resource for others with less experience
We'll put each as
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Required Qualifications: list:
- 3+ years of experience in a network management - related role, such as contracting
- 2+ years of experience in fee schedule development using actuarial models
- 2+ years of experience utilizing financial models and analysis in negotiating rates with providers
- 2+ years of experience in performing network adequacy analysis
- Intermediate level of knowledge of claims processing systems and guidelines
- In-depth knowledge of Medicare reimbursement methodologies, i.e. Resource Based Relative Value System (RBRVS)
- Willing and able to travel up to 25% (w/in the mid-Atlantic territory)
- Driver's License and access to reliable transportation
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About the role
... intro + role description ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Required Qualifications
- ... ...
Preferred Qualifications
- ... ...
Skills
- Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information form others
- Demonstrated solid interpersonal skills, establishing rapport and working well with others
- Demonstrated solid customer service skills
for prose. Responsibilities: list items from "Primary Responsibilities". Let's list them: - Assess and interpret customer needs and requirements - Negotiate physician contracts - Forecast and plan ongoing physician contract renewal strategy - Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems - Solve moderately complex problems and / or conduct moderately complex analyses - Work with minimal guidance; seek guidance on only the most complex tasks - Translate concepts into practice - Provide explanations and information to others on difficult issues - Coach, provide feedback, and guide others - Act as a resource for others with less experience We'll put each as