Associate Regional Medical Officer

Alignment Health; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignment Health seeks an Associate Regional Medical Officer to lead clinical operations for Care as a Service (CAAS), driving clinical model optimization and financial outcomes across the region.

The role partners with the Regional Director to manage start-up growth, governance, and cross-functional initiatives, ensuring high-quality patient care and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of Hospitalist, Family Practice, or Internist experience preferred; graduating residents considered.
• 1–3 years of administrative experience.
• 1–3 years of managed care experience preferred.
• Basic understanding of the UM/QM process.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational direction for performance-based medical management delivery.
• Manage budget and risk drivers within the regional scope.
• Analyze and report clinical and financial performance to leadership and board-level stakeholders.
• Participate in management of clinical divisions within the region.
• Engage in analysis of local profit and loss performance and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with non-clinical departments to align goals and workflows.
• Develop and maintain strong provider relationships and contracts.
• Ensure patient care plans are comprehensive across hospital, CAAS clinics, SNFs if applicable.
• Implement timely, high-quality decisions and drive clinical innovations.

Skills

Hospitalist experience

Family Medicine experience

Internist experience

Administrative experience

Financial data analysis

Education

NPI (must, upon start)

MD or DO

Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Residency

Board Certification

Medical License + DEA license

Job description

Alignment Health is breaking the mold in conventional health care, committed to serving seniors and those who need it most: the chronically ill and frail. It takes an entire team of passionate and caring people, united in our mission to put the senior first. We have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about transforming the lives of the seniors we serve. In this fast-growing company, you will find ample room for growth and innovation alongside the Alignment Health community. Working at Alignment Health provides an opportunity to do work that really matters, not only changing lives but saving them. Together.

The Associate Regional Medical Officer is responsible for the clinical operations and clinical financial outcomes for Care as a Service (CAAS) offering. He or she will do this by maintaining and further improving Alignment’s clinical model. The Associate Regional Medical Officer will partner with the Regional Director and together they will lead the start-up and champion the growth of this offering.

General Duties/Responsibilities (May include but are not limited to):

• Provide strategic and operational direction for the delivery of performance based medical management.
• Manage budget and risk drivers.
• Analyze and report business performance data to customers, senior management, and the Board of Directors.
• Participate in the management of all the clinical divisions within the region.
• Engage in the analysis of local profit and loss performance.
• Work seamlessly and effectively with the non-clinical departments within the organization.
• Develop and maintain strong provider relationships.
• Maintain a customer-driven passion for excellence and commitment to innovation and implementation of ideas that improve the healthcare of the patient population.
• Execute and implement timely and high-quality decisions.
• Will also be responsible for all clinical duties performed by Extensivists including but not limited to:
  • Manage patients in the hospitals
  • Manage patients in the Care Center. All patients discharged from the hospital are seen by the hospitalists in the clinic until they are stabilized.
  • Manage the ‘skilled’ patients in the SNFs. These patients are seen once a week until they remain skilled, which is normally from 1 to 2 weeks.
  • Across all settings of care, create a comprehensive and coordinated plan of care which considers information from medical records, the patient and their families, primary care physicians, and specialists as necessary.

supervisory responsibilities

Oversees assigned staff. Responsibilities include: recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; assigning workload; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; and coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.

Minimum Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Experience:

2-3 years of Hospitalist, Family Practice, or Internist experience preferred but will also consider graduating residents and fellows.

1-3 Years of administrative experience

1-3 Years of managed care experience preferred

Basic understanding of the UM/QM process

Education/Licensure:

NPI (must, upon start)

Medical Doctorate (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Residency

Completion of residency program in the United States

Board Certification required

Medical License in the state in which you are applying; DEA license; must be board certified or board eligible in specialty.

Other: Career interest in management preferred Substantial knowledge across medical subspecialties Clinical confidence and friendly “bedside manner” Flexibility and willingness to learn new systems and processes Strong communication skills Proven background in financial and clinical data analysis

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Physical Functions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to