Collaborating Physican

Vynca

3d•$800 - $800•Remote

About The Position

Join the dynamic journey at Vynca, where we're passionate about transforming care for individuals with complex needs. We’re more than just a team; we're a close-knit community. Our shared commitment to caring for each other and those we serve is what sets us apart. Guided by our unwavering core values: Excellence, Compassion, Curiosity, and Integrity, we forge paths of success together. Join us in this transformative movement where you can contribute to making a profound difference every day. At Vynca, our mission is to provide comprehensive care for more quality days at home.

Requirements

Active, unrestricted Georgia medical license (MD or DO) in good standing.
Principal medical practice physical location within the State of Georgia.
Board certification in a specialty comparable to the delegated scope, with palliative, hospice, family, or internal medicine strongly preferred.
Active DEA registration.
Demonstrated experience in supervision or collaboration with advanced practice providers, ideally in home-based or serious illness care.
Familiarity with value-based care and with Georgia nurse protocol and physician assistant supervision requirements.

Responsibilities

Serve as delegating or supervising physician for up to eight nurse practitioners and physician assistants combined, within the scope of a comparable specialty in palliative and primary care.
Coordinates with Vynca to establish, review, and maintain written nurse protocol agreements for each nurse practitioner, and ensure agreements and amendments are filed with the Georgia Composite Medical Board within required timelines.
Be immediately available for consultation during care delivery, or designate a qualified backup physician who concurs with the terms of the applicable agreements.
Review and sign 100 percent of records for members who receive any controlled substance prescription issued under a nurse protocol agreement, and personally evaluate or examine those members at least quarterly, consistent with O.C.G.A.§ 43-34-25(c)(9).
Review and sign 100 percent of any patient record involving an adverse outcome, within 30 days of discovery.
Review and sign at least 10 percent of all other patient records, no less than annually.
Conduct medical record review and meetings with APRN at least quarterly to monitor quality of care.
Conduct direct observation virtually of each nurse practitioner’s practice at least once annually.
Support symptom management, advance care planning, and goals of care aligned to the Vynca model of more quality days at home.
Where clinically appropriate and permitted, delegate authority to pronounce death and sign death certificates, consistent with Georgia’s 2026 rule changes and applicable continuing education requirements.
Provide guidance on controlled substance management within the limits Georgia places on nurse practitioner and physician assistant prescribing, including risk assessment, patient counseling, PDMP review, and naloxone co-prescribing standards.
Maintain principal place of practice in Georgia, or within 50 miles of the locations within the State of Georgia where the protocol agreements are utilized.
Coordinates with Vynca to notify the Board of any agreement termination within 10 business days, as required of the physician under O.C.G.A. § 43-34-25(n), and support continuity of oversight during physician transitions.
Participate in Vynca clinical governance, case review, and quality improvement activities as directed by the Chief Medical Officer.