Join VillageMD as a VP, Network Management in our Texas Market. 

Join the frontlines of today's healthcare transformation

Why VillageMD?

At VillageMD, we're looking for a VP of Network Management (Texas Market) to help us transform the way primary care is delivered and how patients are served. As a national leader on the forefront of healthcare, we've partnered with many of today's best primary care physicians. We're equipping them with the latest digital tools. Empowering them with proven strategies and support. Inspiring them with better practices and consistent results.

We're creating care that's more accessible. Effective. Efficient. With solutions that are value-based, physician-driven and patient-centered. To accomplish this, we're looking for individuals who share our sense of excellence, are ready to embrace change, and never settle for the status quo. Individuals who have the confidence to lead but the humility to never stop learning.

Integral to our team, the VP of Network Management, based in Houston, TX will develop VillageMD’s referral network (physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, ancillary groups & other facilities, etc.) yielding a high functioning network that supports value-based contract objectives. This role will be based in Houston but build a network across the entire state. Responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining strong business relationships with health plans and network providers and ensuring the network composition includes an appropriate distribution of provider specialties.
What you might do in your first year:
• Strategically identify gaps in network composition and negotiate contracts with Specialty Providers, Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Skilled Nursing Facilities, other Ancillary Providers, etc.
• Own the end to end contracting process including, but not limited to, using available technology to create contracts, negotiate financial and other business and legal terms, and implement final contract
• Develop optimal negotiation strategies and action steps to yield desired outcome
• Develop incentive-based payment models, as appropriate, to improve quality and efficiency
• Conduct frequent in-person focus visits with providers
• Design and implement programs that build/nurture positive relationships between VillageMD, the health plan, providers and practice managers; serve as primary liaison between providers and VillageMD or health plans to resolve questions and issues as they arise
• Implement training and development of providers through education programs to ensure compliance with VillageMD and health plan policies and procedure
What will make you successful here?
• Ability to be proactive with strong personal initiative as well as highly organized and detail oriented
• Desire to assist out-of-network recruitment and support other geographic areas as needed
• Openness to providing explanations and information to others on difficult issues
• Ability to navigate within ambiguity, a service orientation, and a high level of humility are vital for successful assimilation into our highly collaborative, entrepreneurial culture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to convey complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information from others, including but not limited to reimbursement policy standards
• Strong interpersonal skills, establishing rapport and working well with other
What you bring to VillageMD:
• 10+ years of experience in a network management-related role handling complex provider negotiations with accountability for business results
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience
• Strong knowledge of health care services industry and value-based contracting
• Knowledge of healthcare reimbursement methodologies such Resource Based Relative Value System (RBRVS), DRGs, Ambulatory Surgery Center Groupers, etc..
• Must live within commutable distance of Houston Market

How you will thrive

In addition to competitive salaries, a 401k program with company match, bonus, and a valuable health benefits package, VillageMD offers paid parental leave, pre-tax savings on commuter expenses, and generous paid time off. You work in a highly-collaborative, conscientious, forward-thinking environment that welcomes your experience and enables you to make a significant impact from Day 1. Most importantly, you make a difference. You see a clear connection between your daily work on VillageMD products and services and the advancement of innovative solutions and improved quality of healthcare for providers and patients.

Our unique VillageMD culture – how inclusion and diversity make the difference

At VillageMD, we see diversity and inclusion as a source of strength in transforming healthcare. We believe building trust and innovation are best achieved through diverse perspectives. To us, acceptance and respect are rooted in an understanding that people do not experience things in the same way, including our healthcare system. Individuals seeking employment at VillageMD are considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

Those seeking employment at VillageMD are considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Explore your future with VillageMD today.