Vice President of Payer Solutions (24)

Senior Leader For Enterprise-Wide Payer Strategy

Pennant is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise-wide payer strategy, value-based care innovation, and growth execution across Medicare Advantage, Managed Medicaid, commercial payers, and emerging risk models.

What You'll Lead

• National payer strategy that fuels growth, margin expansion, and competitive differentiation
• Innovative reimbursement models including episodic, value-based, and shared-savings arrangements
• Complex payer negotiations to optimize rates, terms, and performance incentives
• Market expansion in priority geographies, including support for M&A and new service lines
• Value-based care programs improving outcomes for high-cost, high-acuity populations
• Cross-functional alignment with operations, clinical leadership, finance, and business development
• Performance analytics to strengthen payer mix, contract performance, and margin realization

What You Bring

• 10+ years in healthcare leadership with deep expertise in managed care and payer strategy
• Proven success negotiating complex agreements and driving revenue growth
• Strong understanding of home health, hospice, or post-acute reimbursement
• Executive presence with the ability to influence at all levels
• Data-driven decision-making and a track record of leading multi-state initiatives

Impact

• Stronger payer partnerships
• Improved reimbursement and margin performance
• Scalable value-based care models
• Aligned growth strategy across markets and service lines

Pennant is united by a mission of providing life-changing service and grounded in core values of customer second, accountability, passion for learning, love one another, intelligent risk-taking, and celebrate success. We empower local leaders, elevate clinical excellence, and build partnerships that transform patient care.