Senior Healthcare Strategy & Contracts Analyst

Senior Healthcare Strategy & Contracts Analyst

Job Category: Administrative

Requisition Number: SENIO
004482

• Posted :
  February 16, 2026
• Full-Time

300 Southborough, South Portland, ME 04106, USA

The ideal candidate blends technical expertise with strong communication and influencing skills to align diverse stakeholders and advance organizational success in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

• Lead the development and execution of value-based contracting strategies in partnership with contracting, revenue cycle, value-based care, and clinical leadership, leveraging advanced analytics and data science to drive enterprise-wide results.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the contract negotiations team, providing forward-looking analysis of historical and projected performance, and delivering actionable insights on contract proposals and counter proposals.
• Partner with the Value-Based Care Team to evaluate clinical performance and risk adjustment data across commercial and government payer models, identifying opportunities to optimize outcomes and inform future contracting strategies.
• Design and enhance supplemental payer data feeds to maximize clinical performance reporting and ensure accurate capture of all risk-adjustable conditions.
• Analyze reimbursement trends and variances by payer and contract, providing recommendations to senior leadership to inform strategic decision-making.
• Develop and maintain advanced forecasting methodologies for non–fee-for-service payments, including PMPM, quality incentives, and shared savings, ensuring accurate financial projections.
• Build, refine, and oversee predictive models to evaluate contract performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support strategic initiatives.
• Review and validate payer financial settlements, reconciling interim and year-end reports against clinical and operational performance, and advising leadership on resolution of discrepancies.
• Deliver executive-level insights and reporting on payer performance, profitability, and emerging risks to support strategic decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional solutions with Contracting, Finance, and Revenue Cycle teams to address complex reimbursement issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Assess the impact of new payer policies, regulations, and programs, providing guidance to leadership on potential effects on reimbursement and operational performance.
• Maintain subject matter expertise on industry trends, reimbursement models, and payer policies, serving as a thought partner to executive and clinical leadership.
• Maintains strict confidentiality in alignment with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) guidelines and Inter Med policies.
• Perform other duties to support the mission, vision and values of Inter Med.

• Follows Inter Med’s mission to provide patient-centered primary care, putting the patient first to deliver high quality, high value care.
• Provide the highest quality care to our patients with a level of service that exceeds their expectations.
• Maintain a positive attitude and always treat our patients and each other with dignity and respect.
• Insist on honesty and integrity from each other and our business partners.
• Make teamwork a core component of our relationships between physicians, staff, and patients.
• Embrace change to better serve our patients.
• Use business practices that feature individual accountability and group responsibility to ensure delivery of high value healthcare.
• Have fun as we carry out our mission to serve.

• Education:
  • 5–7+ years of progressive healthcare experience, particularly in payer contracting, value-based care strategy, or healthcare finance, with demonstrated strategic responsibility.
  • Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, finance, or a related field required;
    Master’s degree or higher preferred
• Experience:
  • Leadership / Strategic Influence:
    Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives across multiple departments and influencing executive-level decision-making to drive organizational strategy.
  • Advanced Analytics / Modeling:
    Demonstrated ability to develop…