Associate Medical Director

CenterWell • Las Vegas, NV

11d

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first Healthcare isn’t just about health anymore. It’s about caring for family, friends, finances, and personal life goals. It’s about living life fully. At CenterWell, we want to help people everywhere, including our associates, lead their best lives. We are seeking innovative people who want to make positive changes in their lives, the lives of our patients, and the healthcare industry as a whole. The Associate Medical Director serves as a health-care professional and capable of handling a variety of health-related problems. The Associate Medical Director requires a solid understanding of how organization capabilities interrelate across multiple clinics/centers. The Area Medical Director has similar job duties as a Physician, namely focusing on outpatient medicine, continuity of care, health maintenance, and disease prevention. Keeps a medical history and medical records. Refers the patient to specialists as needed. Decisions are typically related to identifying and resolving complex technical and operational problems within clinics/centers. The Associate Medical Director is also responsible for administrative oversight and outcomes for approximately 15 providers designated to their area. The Associate Medical Director will spend approximately 10-20% of their time clinically focused on direct patient care, with the remaining time dedicated to administrative duties related to oversight of clinical provision of care in their area.

Requirements

• Current and unrestricted medical license or willing to obtain a medical license in state of practice; eligible and willing to obtain licenses in other states in the region of assignment, as required
• Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university
• Board Certification or Eligibility preferably in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine with continued certification throughout employment
• Experience leading clinical practice operations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate a high level of skill with interpersonal relationships and communications with colleagues/patients
• Fully engaged in the concept of “Integrated team-based care” model
• Willingness and ability to learn/adapt to practice in a value-based care setting
• Superior patient/customer service
• Computer proficiency including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• EMR proficiency or ability to become proficient in the existing EMR
• This role is considered patient facing and is a part of Partner’s Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB

Nice To Haves

• Active and unrestricted DEA license
• Medicare Provider Number
• Medicaid Provider Number
• Minimum of two to five years directly applicable experience preferred
• Experience managing Medicare Advantage panel of patients with understanding of Best Practice in coordinated care environment in a value-based relationship environment.
• Knowledge of Medicare guidelines and coverage.
• Knowledge of HEDIS quality indicators.

Responsibilities

• Clinician’s PTO management in collaboration with Center administrator, including holiday schedules and as determined by the organization.
• Collaborate as a dyad partner with assigned area operation director(s) to coordinate operational and clinical matters in assigned centers
• Management of CME time and reimbursement requests.
• Service recovery reports (Patient complaints)
• Guidance to individual clinicians about patient terminations, in collaboration with compliance.
• Supervise/manage clinicians at assigned centers.
• Manage behavioral concerns pertaining to assigned clinicians
• Provider on-boarding as determined by on boarding procedure.
• Provider off-boarding as determined by off boarding procedure.
• Provide support to on-site with workflow issues.
• Check in with clinicians at their site routinely.
• Oversight of provider quality and development of workflows to help close gaps in quality
• Provide clinical coverage as needed in their assigned centers
• Support clinicians with schedule templates, coverage, daily issues
• Assist with panel management
• Oversight of quality of assigned team members
• May be assigned to organizational committees as needed, to attend and represent the clinical perspective of the market
• Assist in Ongoing Chart Review monitoring
• Assist with recruitment and interviewing as requested.
• Desktop coverage as necessary
• In collaboration with CMO, complete performance reviews as required (90 day, yearly, etc.).
• Serve as a mentor to help guide clinicians as needed
• Participate as backup on call
• Develop content of monthly clinician meetings in collaboration with fellow AMDs.
• Assist in organizing team building activities
• Maintain regular clinic hours for a percentage of FTE as determined with CMO, as detailed on the clinical job description.
• Serve as a community representative for CenterWell in media and press activities
• Supervise Physicians and Nurse Practitioners as necessary
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree