HTM Contract Manager
Department:
11825 Enterprise Corporate - HTM : Enterprise Support Operations Status:
Full time Benefits Eligible:
Yes Hou rs Per Week:
40 Schedule Details/Additional Information:
This role is primarily remote with possibility of travel as needed for meetings, training, or business-related activities.
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm EST
Pay Range:
$47.50 - $71.25 Major Responsibilities:
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Manages a portfolio of over 110+ service agreements totaling over $40+ million per year in spends. Serves as first point of contact for the management of contracted vendor relationships to provide a conduit for two-way communication between the vendor and organizational HTM leadership and site Clinical Leaders (Customers). Creates a shared focus on the importance of achieving results within the team. Focuses on meeting commitments while maintaining a high level of engagement through consistent communication. Recognizes issues that need escalation and effectively communicates actionable recommendations to the appropriate leaders for quick remediation.
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Identifies standardization opportunities, recommendations, and service evaluations. Initiate negotiations, cost to value assessments, extensions, or terminations of agreements with suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, and equipment providers. Works in partnership with HTM management to improve contract processing through identified process improvement activities, recommend potential contractual amendments
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Monitors contracts change dates, initiates, and processes necessary amendments, obtain and validate rate increases, fee schedules, and reimbursement methodologies
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Completes and coordinates the approvals of: HTM contract justification form, AH Legal CRAF forms, HIT Technology Review questionnaire. Consults with Legal on contractual issues and ensures legal terms and conditions exceed the requirements of Advocate Aurora Health Care and are signed by authorized agents. Confirms all other relevant departments’ evaluations of contracts are triggered (IT, Data Security, etc.) which can vary by contract type. Hold meetings with relevant departments as needed to facilitate contract processing to completion.
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Develops and publishes all communication on assigned HTM contracts, related email communications, reference tools, product and rate summaries, prior authorization requirements and other contract operational documents. Communicates vendor and contract status to the HTM leaders requesting use of that vendor. May lead a team for special project/review for system level agreements.
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Consults with and activates GPO contract pricing when HTM contracts align with category strategies. Understands the benefits of using GPO contracts and ensures all contracts are loaded with correct/current pricing in the HTM medical equipment database (CMMS) and updates future pricing monthly before effective date expires. Ensures contracted support vendors adhere to the defined terms of support agreements by understanding, reviewing, and auditing applicable cost metrics.
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Builds, updates, and maintains the accuracy of the HTM department contract database and data integrity for contracts and the associated contract-covered assets. Utilizes database to develop detailed standard and ad-hoc reports such as to analyze underpayment and overpayment issues, Amortization of high dollar agreements, tracking monthly and annual Accruals, Budgetary projection/adherence, Invoice Payments, and to support department projects and initiatives align with the organization’s overall strategic initiatives and goals.
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Reviews, Audits, and Processes invoices against contracts and corresponding addendums to ensure proper payment, to include coding to proper general ledger and department account and associated HTM assets covered by the agreement. Analyzes trends in data to develop excel spreadsheets for payment anomalies.
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Communicates with any respective accounts payable personnel, HTM Business Off