Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Humana

4d • $298,000 - $409,800 • Remote

About The Position

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer is responsible for driving positive physician engagement and experience within our organization. Incumbent will represent Humana externally, driving industry partnerships and thought leadership in value-based care (VBC). Additionally, the incumbent will provide operational leadership in critical areas, including leadership of the Physician Collaborative, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Public Health and Pandemic Committees, and will represent Humana on the AHIP CMO Committee and with other external partners. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer will be a key leader in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer and will report to the Humana enterprise Chief Medical Officer. This individual may also be assigned other responsibilities by the enterprise Chief Medical Officer as required. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer determines enterprise strategy for provider and clinician engagement and experience. While each segment has their own engagement and experience activities, this role sets the larger enterprise strategy that has commonalities across Humana and CenterWell that complement the segment-specific activities. The execution of this work is critical for the enterprise to maintain an engaged and productive provider and clinician workforce with minimal turnover. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has oversight of the physician, advanced practice provider (APP), nursing, social services, and therapist communities of practice. The incumbent is responsible for representing Humana’s provider perspectives, promoting Medicare Advantage and value-based care initiatives, coordinating and developing the annual value-based care report, supporting advocacy efforts with Corporate Affairs and clinical policy teams, and managing relationships with key external partners such as AAFP, AMA, and the Primary Care Collaborative. The incumbent also represents the Office of the Chief Medical Officer in numerous cross-enterprise activities such as Trend Stewardship and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, among others, and leads workstreams when needed. The role has direct decision-making authority for strategic direction, prioritization, budget and workforce as it relates to areas of direct responsibility. This leader will collaborate closely with other stakeholders across the enterprise, including the Clinician Talent Center of Excellence (CoE), leaders in the insurance and CenterWell segments, and the functional areas.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree
• Active unrestricted medical license (any state)
• Proven track record of leadership in clinical operations, clinician engagement, healthcare policy and/or healthcare strategy
• Deep knowledge of enterprise operations.
• Ability to successfully engage and collaborate with clinicians, peers, and other leaders across Humana.
• Significant ability to listen and deeply understand business needs, while influencing strategic direction that best serves our members and clinicians.
• Ability to develop and execute strategies in alignment with business needs and processes.
• Deep understanding of the United States healthcare system, from policy, business, innovation, technology and clinical perspectives.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain and articulate complex concepts in an easy-to-understand and plain-spoken manner.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a practicing physician
• Board certified

Responsibilities

• Drive positive physician engagement and experience.
• Represent Humana externally, driving industry partnerships and thought leadership in value-based care (VBC).
• Provide operational leadership in critical areas, including leadership of the Physician Collaborative, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Public Health and Pandemic Committees.
• Represent Humana on the AHIP CMO Committee and with other external partners.
• Determine enterprise strategy for provider and clinician engagement and experience.
• Oversee the physician, advanced practice provider (APP), nursing, social services, and therapist communities of practice.
• Represent Humana’s provider perspectives.
• Promote Medicare Advantage and value-based care initiatives.
• Coordinate and develop the annual value-based care report.
• Support advocacy efforts with Corporate Affairs and clinical policy teams.
• Manage relationships with key external partners such as AAFP, AMA, and the Primary Care Collaborative.
• Represent the Office of the Chief Medical Officer in numerous cross-enterprise activities such as Trend Stewardship and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.
• Lead workstreams when needed.
• Exercise direct decision-making authority for strategic direction, prioritization, budget and workforce as it relates to areas of direct responsibility.
• Collaborate closely with other stakeholders across the enterprise, including the Clinician Talent Center of Excellence (CoE), leaders in the insurance and CenterWell segments, and the functional areas.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• 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 disability
• Long-term disability
• Life insurance

What This Job Offers

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