Institute Vice President, Primary Care

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

The Institute Vice President acts as a strategic and operational resource with direct reporting responsibility to the Physician Chair with input from the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Allegheny Clinic. Interacts closely with practice operations, the Division Chiefs and System Chairs of the appropriate Service Line and hospital leaders to ensure stability, growth and the financial success of the service line. Serves as the liaison between the medical staff, offices, hospital management and AHN leadership. Overall strategic goals are to exceed standards for quality, safety, access care alignment, and financial performance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
5+ years experience in multi-site physician practice operations management, physician recruitment required.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other appropriate advanced degree strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Works in collaboration with the Physician Chair and hospital leadership to establish strategy and yearly performance goals for each division/department.
Works closely with respective chairs/chiefs of departments/divisions on issues related to care alignment, business development, physician productivity, contract management, revenue enhancement, capital and operating budgets including: departmental service line budget development, variance analysis and expense monitoring.
Prepares and presents business case/plans for new initiatives and partners with hospital leadership to ensure service line and capital needs are captured within market/region across AHN entities.
Assists with the development and oversight of the annual physician budget and collaborates with hospital finance leaders, AC and AHN finance leaders in the management of physician practice performance.
Analyzes trends impacting volume, revenues and expenses. Makes recommendations to allow for the service line's continued success; establishes revenue and expense targets; develops and provides objective criteria for measuring existing and new business opportunities.
Assists with the development of growth strategies for inpatient and outpatient services.
Maintains a thorough understanding of clinical reimbursement, federal and state regulations, and managed care issues. Identifies opportunities to optimize clinical reimbursement and implements new policies and procedures as necessary.
Ensures a transparent and conscious awareness of issues that need to be escalated and takes ownership of notifying all key stakeholders of those issues.
Maintains an in-depth knowledge of the changing health care environment and evaluates the market need for specific clinical services or programs. Collaborates with hospital Chief Medical Officer (CMO), AHN COO and department chairs to integrate programs and services.
Acts as an advocate aware of system resources and develops relationships and opportunities with internal and external parties. Responds timely to requests for information and acts as the initial contact point for all service line requests across all AHN entities as it pertains to physician services.
Provides leadership to physician recruitment and development functions in collaboration with hospital leadership, AC leadership and AHN. Identifies and maintains physician recruitment needs across AHN, and implements strategic initiatives needed for the retention, replacement, and expansion of physician resources to satisfy service line needs.
Works with CMO and Department Chairs to develop and negotiate new contracts for physicians joining Allegheny Clinic and affiliated entities and renewal contracts for existing physicians employed by Allegheny Clinic, as well as external entities interested in contracting services.
In consultation with and incorporating input from clinical leaders, physicians and staff, conceives, plans and executes proactive strategic initiatives that enable the service line to continuously improve patient and physician satisfaction, expand market segments and respond to emerging market opportunities; participates in marketing and promotional initiatives within the service line, developing marketing campaigns, implementing programs and reporting on measured results.
Identifies and oversees clinical issues as areas for quality improvement processes.
May also hold project/program responsibilities outside the service line that establishes Allegheny Clinic as an organization of excellence.