Credentialing Associate

About SonderMind

At SonderMind, we believe everyone deserves one personalized, connected, and effective mental health destination to take care of their mental health and well-being at any stage of life. SonderMind care encompasses everything from therapy and medication management to meditation and mindfulness exercises. Our clinicians leverage our digital tools and research to deliver increasingly high-quality care and to develop thriving practices. Combining technology and human connection, SonderMind drives better outcomes through our comprehensive approach. Learn more about SonderMind at sondermind.com or download the mobile app, available on iOS and Android. To follow the latest SonderMind news, get to know our clients, and learn about what it’s like to work at SonderMind, you can follow us on Instagram, Linkedin, and Twitter.

As a Credentialing Associate, you will play a vital role in helping mental health providers get credentialed with insurance payors—especially Medicare and commercial plans—so they can begin delivering care quickly and effectively. You’ll serve as a key point of contact for both providers and payors, managing application workflows, conducting primary source verification, and ensuring accurate provider information in internal and external systems like CAQH.

This role is ideal for someone with strong attention to detail, experience in healthcare credentialing, and a service mindset rooted in operational excellence.

• Act as the credentialing point of contact for assigned providers and insurance payors, including Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and commercial plans.
• Prepare, submit, and track credentialing applications using systems such as PECOS, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Perform primary source verification for licenses, certifications, and other required credentials.
• Assist providers with their CAQH profiles to ensure all required information is present for their credentialing application
• Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve provider or payor issues and remove barriers to credentialing.
• Maintain up-to-date records for provider demographics, licensure, and payor participation status.
• Communicate clearly with providers and partners via phone, email, and text throughout the credentialing process.
• Partner with external payors to proactively address delays or missing information.

• Week 1: Gain a working knowledge of our credentialing process, key payor relationships, and tools like CAQH and PECOS.
• Month 1: Submit applications and handle assigned payors and providers with increasing independence. Process provider files on your own with little oversight.
• Month 2: Meet all turnaround time and accuracy goals for credentialing tasks.

• Minimum 2+ years of direct experience credentialing healthcare providers for both Medicare and commercial/private insurance plans.

• Proven hands-on experience with primary source verification and compliance standards.

• Proficiency with PECOS and CAQH systems, including maintaining and updating provider records.

• Exceptional attention to detail with a structured, highly organized approach to managing credentialing workflows.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a service-oriented, collaborative mindset.

• Ability to adapt and learn quickly in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Comfortable navigating and working across multiple systems, databases, and communication platforms.

• Highly accountable and results-driven, with a demonstrated commitment to accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement

The hourly rate for this role is $21.00- $23.00.

As leaders in redesigning behavioral health, we walk the walk with our employees' benefits. We want the experience of working at SonderMind to accelerate people’s careers and enrich their lives, so we focus on meeting SonderMinders wherever they are and supporting them in all facets of their lives and work.

Our benefits include:

• A generous PTO policy with a minimum of three weeks off per year
• Free therapy coverage benefits to ensure our employees have access to the care they need (must be enrolled in our medical plans to participate)
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage with plans to meet every need, including HSA ($1,100 company contribution) and FSA options
• Employer-paid short-term, long-term disability, life & AD&D to cover life's unexpected events. Not only that, we also cover the difference in salary for up to seven (7) weeks of short-term disability leave (after the required waiting period) should you need to use it.
• Eight weeks of paid Parental Leave (if the parent also qualifies for STD, this benefit is in addition, which allows between 8-16 weeks of paid leave)
• 401K retirement plan with 100% matching which immediately vests on up to 4% of base salary
• Fourteen (14) company holidays
• Supplemental life insurance, pet insurance coverage, commuter benefits and more!

This position will be an ongoing recruitment process and will be open until filled.

SonderMind does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, religion, veteran and military status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including genetic information or characteristics), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.