Kent Jones
Industry: Healthcare
A Day In the Life of a Corporate Contractor
Manage, Coordinate, Payor Relations, Healthplan & Hospital Legal and Managed Care Contracting
Educational Pathway
BS Marketing, MBA Business Admin, Juris Doctorate Degree - Law Ch
Characteristics/Skills
Dedication and Drive
Pros and Cons
Pros: always a demand for professionals in this field, challenging, and a small department.
Cons: niche work, must wear lots of hats, behind the scenes so not much recognition.
Biggest Challenge Faced In Getting Where They Are Today - How did they overcome it?
Challenge: Gaining experience.
Resolution: You must do it to gain experience, not much comes from education as far as nuances.
Advice For One Pursuing this Career
Start out at a Healthplan, physicians group, or hospital in their contracting department.
Extra Note/Interesting Fact
The utilization of legal experience combined with healthcare experience is a unique situation in which one can practice law in a sense without having to go to a court environment.