Company :Allegheny Health NetworkJob Description :
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
Administers and maintains the AHN Enterprise Contract Management and Database System (Ntracts contract database), including maintenance of accurate electronic centralized contract data information (inclusive of Procurement, Real Estate, Physician Employment and Independent Contractors, hospital Clinical Services, Research, Payor Contracts, etc.), contract review and approval documentation, and monitoring of contracting efforts across the organization as well as leading departmental and training sessions for the organization.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serves as the administrator of and acts as subject matter expert on the operational functionality and capabilities of the contract management program, including but not limited to the Ntracts database, online contract workflow/approvals and report generation.
- Serves as the administrator and coordinator to implement and manage, AHN enterprise-wide Ntracts web-based contracts program, including responsibility for database management, user passwords, uploading documents, abstracting data accurately from contracts, maintaining and organizing contract documents, and correspondence, and related documentation within the contract repository, contract abstracting, uploading, contract initiation and approval process online forms, as well as draft and convert to web-based "plug and play" contract templates.
- Develop, draft, recommend, coordinate and implement new procedures for the assigned functions in organizations' initiation, review and approvals of all contracts (i.e., Real Estate, Supply chain, Hospital, Ambulatory, Physicians, Employment, etc.).
- Ensure, through audits and periodic reports, the accuracy of data and completeness of contract information being uploaded and entered into the contract management database to meet the due diligence reporting requirements as requested by executives and managers, compliance audits and Joint Commission, as needed
- Provide training and direction, both formal and informal in group presentations and one-on-one, to executives and managers regarding contract management system and contract review and approvals, policies and procedures. Enforce policies and procedures associated with the Contract Management Program.
- Serve as primary point of contact with executives and managers on questions and assistance with contracts and contracts management program, providing articulate, knowledgeable, and gracious resolution for their issues and questions, facilitating with Ntracts, IT and Associate General Counsel as necessary.
- Administers and monitors system users' security levels, user access and passwords.
- Other duties as assigned or requested.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management/Administration, Legal, or related field
- 3 years contract writing and contract language interpretation experience
- Database/System administration experience
Substitution
- 6 years of related experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree
Preferred
- 3 years paralegal experience
- 3 years prior training and education experience
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Highmark Health, a Pittsburgh, PA based enterprise that employs more than 40,000 people who serve millions of Americans across the country, is the second largest integrated health care delivery and financing network in the nation based on revenue. Highmark Health is the parent company of Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, and HM Health Solutions. Highmark Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates provide health insurance to nearly 5 million members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware as well as dental insurance, vision care and related health products through a national network of diversified businesses that include United Concordia Companies, HM Insurance Group, and Visionworks. Allegheny Health Network is the parent company of an integrated delivery network that includes eight hospitals, more than 2,800 affiliated physicians, ambulatory surgery centers, an employed physician organization, home and community-based health services, a research institute, a group purchasing organization, and health and wellness pavilions in western Pennsylvania. HM Health Solutions focuses on meeting the information technology platform and other business needs of the Highmark Health enterprise as well as unaffiliated health insurance plans by providing proven business processes, expert knowledge and integrated cloud-based platforms.
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