The primary aim of the mini-guide is to build a foundational understanding among public payers and governments about how to monitor, manage, and enforce contracts for subsidized healthcare services with private healthcare providers. It addresses the following key questions: • What is contract management? • Why is contract management of private providers important? • What would an ideal system of contract management look like? • How did one country (India) develop and improve its mechanisms for contract management as part of its new national health insurance reform AB–PMJAY? Co-produced by Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao PDR, Liberia, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Sudan.