Physician Compensation Consultant - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

10h•Remote

About The Position

This role is focused on driving complex corporate and business segment projects/initiatives to completion through design, implementation, and maintenance phases. The focus is on providing compensation consulting and analytical support for employed physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and other care delivery compensation programs. This position acts as an internal consultant to the organization, developing analytic methodologies and report formats. Responsibilities include assisting with the process of collection, analysis, and reporting of data specific to organization-wide Provider priorities in a timely and accurate manner. Assisting the Director of Provider Compensation to design and implement complex business segment compensation strategies, policies, programs, and communications within the corporate compensation philosophy framework. Assisting the Director of Provider Compensation in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the most complex and state-of-the-art Provider compensation programs and products and representing the business segments in corporate design efforts. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Requirements

5+ years of experience of Provider compensation experience, including experience with analysis and understanding of Provider practice metrics. Includes business acumen and an understanding of Provider practices
Demonstrated experience with Provider productivity and compensation benchmark data
Demonstrated experience with the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)
Demonstrated experience in leading complex and long-term projects to completion
Solid history of quickly building relationships, gaining credibility, influencing and partnering with business leaders and human capital peers across the organization
Demonstrated ability to partner with multiple constituents, and proven success working in a matrix environment
Proven action oriented, adept at working in a fast paced, complex organization, and solid change management skills
Proven advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and Power Point
Willingness to travel 10%-15% travel

Nice To Haves

Professional certification, such as CPCV
External Provider compensation consulting experience is solidly desired
Experience with Provider compensation M&A due diligence
Experience with Microsoft Power BI
Experience with creating Microsoft macros
AI experience

Responsibilities

Provider compensation project work including: design, consulting, and implementation of Provider compensation programs, assemble compensation packages, and analytic support of Provider compensation programs
Gain consensus on Provider compensation philosophy and desired strategy
Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis of healthcare and financial data to support program management for all Provider roles in care delivery. This includes analyzing compensation plans of existing businesses and providing summaries for leadership review.
Provide recommendations on compensation models and metrics that incentivize Provider productivity and performance and aligns with the organizational and financial objectives of the business
Assist leadership with determining desired market position for total cash compensation
As an internal consultant, this role is responsible for building solid relationships with Provider leaders of each business to ensure effective compensation solutions and strengthen Provider engagement
Salary survey participation and analysis, and conduct annual review of market data and communicate compensation range information
Performs annual compensation reviews and constructs templates for each individual Provider by analyzing information and evaluating results
Responds to inquiries regarding Provider total cash compensation, incentive and productivity information, non-standard pay practices, etc. Compiles, categorizes, tabulates, audits and verifies Provider earnings, quality indicators, RVUs, productivity information for pay change recommendations
Assist with annual FMV analysis and presentation to OptumHealth Sr Leadership
Strategic partner for the business when it comes to Provider compensation, creating solutions to meet the business need while also balancing legal regulatory compliance
Liaison for participation in external surveys provides annual presentation of survey information to leaders
Providing analytic support on compensation projects
Works on the most complex compensation projects. Independently drives and completes the projects with little to no oversight
Work with the compensation leadership to proactively identify value added compensation initiatives
Works directly with Human Capital Partners on complex field-initiated projects, generally with no oversight
Remain abreast of best practices and contemporary pay practices within the industry