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.