Oscar Health: Associate, National Provider Contracting — Remote

About Oscar Health

Oscar Health is a health-insurance business built around a technology platform and member services. Its recruitment board also describes Oscar Medical Group activities in virtual health assessments and virtual care. Those notices reflect distinct parts of the wider operation: insurance products and member administration alongside clinical services. Technology, insurance operations and care delivery consequently appear in different roles on the board, with the employing team determining the service and professional responsibilities of an individual position.

The position and its setting

Oscar Health lists Associate, National Provider Contracting in Remote, under reference 8301173. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Business Operations
• Employer listing date: 19 October 2026

Responsibilities and work described

• The Associate, National Contracting manages an assigned portfolio of large national ancillary providers and/or multi-state health systems across the contracting lifecycle—from market assessment and recruitment through negotiation, implementation, performance management, renewal, and escalation
• Work: with Network leadership and cross-functional partners, this role translates network access and affordability goals into executable contract strategies; uses financial, claims, and provider data to inform negotiations; and maintains durable provider relationships
• The Associate helps ensure contracts are operationally sound, compliant, and positioned to deliver high-quality, cost-effective member care across markets
• Report into the Senior Director, Specialty Contracting
• Work: Location: This is a remote position based in the field, open to candidates who reside: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas
• Your daily work will involve a blend of work from your home office and frequent local travel for client meetings
• Occasional travel may be required for team meetings and company events. #LI-Remote
• Pay Transparency: Pay Transparency: The base pay for this role in the states of California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington is: $96,876 - $127,149 per year
• The base pay for this role in all other locations is: $87,188- $114,434 per year
• You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses
• Support: the development and execution of national contracting strategies for large ancillary providers and/or health systems, aligned with network adequacy, access, quality, and cost-management objectives
• Management: an assigned portfolio across the full contracting lifecycle, including prospecting, evaluation, negotiation, implementation, performance management, renewal, and termination
• Preparation: for and negotiate complex provider agreements, including reimbursement, operational, data-sharing, performance, and compliance terms, within established authority and escalation guidelines
• Coordination: contract implementation with Legal, Finance, Provider Operations, Claims, Credentialing, Configuration, Compliance, and Market teams to ensure accurate and timely operational readiness
• Building: and maintain productive relationships with provider contracting and operational leaders; lead routine business reviews, resolve escalated issues, and coordinate corrective action plans
• Analysis: claims, utilization, reimbursement, provider roster, market, and competitive data to develop negotiation positions, quantify financial impact, and identify performance improvement opportunities

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 3+ years of experience in provider contracting, provider network management, healthcare consulting, healthcare operations, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience supporting provider network strategy and negotiating provider agreements
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder contracting work from analysis and negotiation through implementation and ongoing performance management
• Experience building effective relationships with provider contracting and operational leaders and communicating recommendations to internal stakeholders
• 1+ years of experience performing financial analysis for healthcare markets, provider contracts, or product lines and translating findings into negotiation or improvement opportunities
• 1+ years of experience working with large data sets, such as claims, utilization, fee schedules, contract inventories, and provider rosters

Education and qualification routes

• Degree / qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare administration, finance, economics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Experience contracting with national ancillary provider organizations, multi-state provider groups, or large health systems
• Knowledge: provider reimbursement methodologies, contract language, claims data, network adequacy, and provider operations
• This is an authentic Oscar Health job opportunity
• Pay Transparency: Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience
• Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan participation, life and disability insurance, and paid wellness time and reimbursements
• Artificial Intelligence (AI): Our AI Guidelines outline the acceptable use of artificial intelligence for candidates and detail how we use AI to support our recruiting efforts
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Location, schedule and contract conditions

For this overseas or regional listing, confirm work authorisation and any location restrictions with the employer. The location does not establish visa sponsorship or permission to work remotely from India.

• Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a relentless focus on serving our members
• We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family
• Work arrangement: Remote
• Advertised location: Remote

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Associate, National Provider Contracting vacancy is not an offer for reference 8301173; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

A closing date is not confirmed in this article. Check the current employer page before submitting: an undated posting can change or be withdrawn.

How to apply to Oscar Health

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Oscar Health posting below and match the title and reference 8301173.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Remote position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

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Practical preparation: AI

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Relevant skills

• AI/ML
• AI
• compliance
• insurance
• recruitment
• stakeholder management
• commercial negotiations
• financial analysis
• claims administration