Medical Director – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Elevance Health•Atlanta, GA

4d•Remote

About The Position

The Medical Director – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation role is a virtual, full-time position with the exception of required in-person training sessions. This role focuses on evaluating high-cost Durable Medical Equipment (DME) requests, particularly within a Medicaid context, to determine the appropriateness of services. The individual will collaborate with a small, distributed team across multiple states and must be comfortable working cross-functionally and communicating effectively. The role involves interpreting medical policies, developing new policies, and leading activities that impact healthcare quality, cost, and outcomes, while also identifying opportunities for innovation.

Requirements

Requires MD or DO and Board certification approved by one of the following certifying boards is required, where applicable to duties being performed, American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Must possess an active unrestricted medical license to practice medicine or a health profession.
Unless expressly allowed by state or federal law, or regulation, must be located in a state or territory of the United States when conducting utilization review or an appeals consideration and cannot be located on a US military base, vessel or any embassy located in or outside of the US.
Minimum of 10 years of clinical experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
For Health Solutions and Carelon organizations (including behavioral health) only, minimum of 5 years of experience providing health care is required.
Additional experience may be required by State contracts or regulations if the Medical Director is filing a role required by a State agency.

Nice To Haves

Utilization management (UM) experience preferred.
Board certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Supports clinicians to ensure timely and consistent responses to members and providers.
Provides guidance for clinical operational aspects of a program.
Conducts peer-to-peer clinical reviews with attending physicians or other providers to discuss review determinations, and patients’ office visits with providers and external physicians.
May conduct peer-to-peer clinical appeal case reviews with attending physicians or other ordering providers to discuss review determinations.
Serves as a resource and consultant for other areas of the company.
May be required to represent the company to external entities and/or serve on internal and/or external committees.
May chair company committees.
Interprets medical policies and clinical guidelines.
May develop and propose new medical policies based on changes in healthcare.
Leads, develops, directs, and implements clinical and non-clinical activities that impact health care quality cost and outcomes.
Identifies and develops opportunities for innovation to increase effectiveness and quality.