Physician - Family Medicine or Internal Medicine - Primary Care - Woodruff

Prisma Health•Woodruff, SC

About The Position

The Prisma Health Physician provides quality medical services to patients of Prisma Health–University Medical Group. The role includes diagnosing, preventing, and treating disease, defects, and injuries, and recommending or prescribing treatments to relieve or cure physical, mental, or functional ailments or defects. The physician provides care consistent with accepted professional standards without regard to a patient’s ability to pay or protected characteristics. The physician maintains accurate, legible, and timely medical records and uses Current Procedural Terminology and International Classification of Diseases codes accurately. The physician shares after-hours call coverage equally with other practice physicians unless otherwise agreed. The role also involves compliance with accepted medical practice, applicable managed-care and payer rules, and Joint Commission standards, while maintaining professional skills through continuing medical education. As part of an academic health center and integrated physician-led organization, the physician participates in mission-advancing activities such as committee service, community outreach, teaching, research, and other activities determined by the appropriate Department Chair. The physician also participates in managed-care proposal requests and in establishing quality assurance, utilization management, patient education, and patient satisfaction programs. The physician assists the employer with obtaining and maintaining licenses, permits, authorizations, and applicable accreditations related to the practice or department. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
Successful completion of residency.
Board certified or board eligible.
Medical staff privileges.
Licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.
Controlled Substance License in the state of employment.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number.
Basic computer skills.
Knowledge of office equipment, including fax and copier.
Mathematical skills.
Specialty-specific skills.

Responsibilities

Diagnose, prevent, or treat diseases, defects, and injuries, and recommend or prescribe treatments for physical, mental, or functional ailments or defects.
Provide medical treatment consistent with accepted professional standards, without regard to patients’ ability to pay or protected characteristics.
Complete accurate, legible, and timely medical records and accurately use Current Procedural Terminology and International Classification of Diseases codes.
Provide after-hours call coverage equally with other practice physicians unless otherwise agreed.
Comply with accepted medical practice standards, applicable managed-care organization and payer rules, and Joint Commission standards, subject to the stated exception for conflicts with professional medical judgment.
Maintain clinical skills through sufficient continuing medical education to meet certification and/or state licensing requirements.
Participate in non-revenue-generating activities that advance Prisma Health’s vision and mission, including committee service, community outreach, teaching, research, or other activities determined by the appropriate Department Chair.
Participate in responding to requests for proposals for managed-care contracts.
Participate in establishing quality assurance, utilization management, patient education, and patient satisfaction programs.
Assist the employer in obtaining and maintaining licenses, permits, authorizations, and applicable accreditations related to the practice or department.