Curis Functional Health is a fast-growing, Dallas-based healthcare organization transforming the way patients receive care through a multidisciplinary functional healthcare model. Our clinics integrate chiropractic care, mental health, nutrition, and women’s health services to provide comprehensive, whole-person care.
With 50+ clinics across multiple states, Curis is committed to helping patients heal and thrive while building a scalable healthcare organization focused on quality, innovation, and exceptional patient experiences. Recognized on the Inc. 5000 and among the Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, we are continuing to expand and are looking for talented professionals to grow with us.
Position Overview
Curis Functional Health is seeking an experienced Payer Relations & Credentialing Specialist to support payer relations, provider credentialing, contracting, enrollment, and reimbursement initiatives across our growing organization.
This role will be responsible for managing the end-to-end credentialing and payer enrollment process while also developing strong relationships with commercial and government payers. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of healthcare payer requirements, provider enrollment, credentialing processes, reimbursement methodologies, and multi-state payer operations.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organized, analytical, and relationship-focused professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants to play a meaningful role in supporting healthcare expansion.
Key ResponsibilitiesPayer Relations & Contracting
- Manage payer relations, contracting, credentialing, and payer enrollment activities across the organization.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with national and regional payers, including BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Medicare, and other commercial and government payers.
- Support Curis' expansion into new markets and states by identifying and coordinating payer participation opportunities.
- Identify opportunities to improve reimbursement through fee schedule optimization, contract renegotiation, network expansion, and value-based initiatives.
- Monitor payer policies, reimbursement trends, contract requirements, and market developments.
- Research and evaluate payer requirements and market dynamics to support organizational decision-making.
- Escalate and resolve payer-related issues that may impact provider participation, reimbursement, or clinic operations.
Provider Credentialing & Enrollment
- Manage the full provider credentialing, enrollment, recredentialing, and credential maintenance lifecycle across multiple states.
- Ensure provider applications and enrollment materials are complete, accurate, and submitted within required timelines.
- Monitor enrollment status, payer deadlines, expirations, and recredentialing requirements.
- Maintain accurate credentialing records, documentation, and reporting.
- Oversee credentialing software platforms and related workflows.
- Manage and maintain provider information within CAQH and other payer enrollment systems.
- Coordinate with providers and internal teams to obtain required documentation and resolve credentialing issues.
- Identify and address enrollment delays or deficiencies proactively.
Process Improvement & Compliance
- Develop and implement credentialing policies, workflows, procedures, and performance metrics.
- Improve credentialing turnaround times and reduce enrollment delays through standardized and scalable processes.
- Maintain a strong understanding of multi-state credentialing requirements, payer policies, reimbursement methodologies, and regulatory changes.
- Support accurate reporting and tracking of credentialing and payer enrollment performance.
- Identify operational risks and recommend solutions to improve payer and credentialing processes.
- Support delegated credentialing initiatives and ensure processes align with applicable payer and compliance requirements.
Growth & Cross-Functional Support
- Support new clinic openings and market expansions by ensuring payer participation and provider enrollment readiness.
- Partner with the Revenue Cycle Director and Compliance Officer on payer strategy, credentialing compliance, delegated credentialing, and payer alignment initiatives.
- Collaborate with providers, clinic leadership, revenue cycle, operations, compliance, and other internal teams to ensure smooth payer participation.
- Provide leadership with insights into credentialing performance, payer trends, enrollment risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Contribute to scalable processes that can support Curis as the organization continues to grow across multiple states.
Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years of experience in provider credentialing, payer enrollment, payer relations, healthcare contracting, revenue cycle operations, or a related healthcare field.
- Experience working directly with commercial and government payers preferred.
- Experience working with healthcare organizations, credentialing vendors, or delegated credentialing environments preferred.
- Strong understanding of provider credentialing, payer enrollment, contracting, reimbursement methodologies, and multi-state payer requirements.
- Working knowledge of CAQH and payer enrollment systems.
- Ability to analyze reimbursement trends, fee schedules, payer policies, and market benchmarks.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to communicate professionally with payers, providers, leadership, and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, providers, payers, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to connect credentialing and payer operations to broader organizational growth initiatives.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a fast-paced, multi-site team.
- Experience in a growing healthcare organization is a plus.
Why Join Curis Functional Health?
At Curis, you will have the opportunity to make a direct impact on the growth and success of a rapidly expanding healthcare organization. Your work will help ensure our providers are properly credentialed, our clinics are connected to the right payer networks, and our patients have access to the care they need.
You’ll join a supportive, high-performing team that values quality, innovation, collaboration, and personal growth while helping shape the future of whole-person healthcare.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding healthcare organization
Equal Employment Opportunity
Curis Functional Health is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status
Pay: $18.00 - $24.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
Work Location: In person
