Field Medical Director, Physical Medicine and Rehab

Evolent; United States; Remote; USD 220,000 - 260,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health provider is seeking a Field Medical Director for Physical Medicine and Rehab. This pivotal role involves collaborating with physicians to ensure compliance with medical necessity guidelines in a supportive and dynamic environment. Candidates must possess an MD/DO and relevant board certification, with a commitment to quality healthcare outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience in Medicine, active clinical practice required.
• Strong clinical and management communication skills essential.
• Must maintain a current and unrestricted clinical license.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Physician match reviewer in PM&R cases.
• Discuss peer determinations with ordering providers.
• Ensure documentation of all communication with medical staff.

Skills

Clinical practice

Communication

Organizational skills

Management

Quality and value in healthcare

Education

MD/DO/MBBS

Active Board Certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Tools

Computer proficiency

Job description

Field Medical Director, Physical Medicine and Rehab

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Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they're supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That's one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Field Medical Director, Physical Medicine and Rehab you will be a key member of the utilization management team. We can offer you a meaningful way to make a difference in patients lives, in a non-clinical environment. You can enjoy better work- life balance on a team that values collaboration and continuous learning while providing better health outcomes.

Collaboration Opportunities:

• Routinely interacts with leadership and management staff, other Physicians, and staff whenever a physician`s input is needed or required.
  
  
  

What You Will Be Doing:

• Serve as the Physician match reviewer in PM&R cases, that do not initially meet the applicable medical necessity guidelines, as well as other imaging requests when providers, clients, or state laws require specialty reviews to be completed by the subject matter expert.
• Discusses determinations (peer to peer phone calls) with requesting physicians or ordering providers, when available, within the regulatory timeframe of the request and provides clinical rationale for standard and expedited appeals.
• Utilizes medical/clinical review guidelines and parameters to assure consistency in the MD review process to reflect appropriate utilization and compliance with SBU`s policies/procedures, as well as Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) guidelines.
• Aids and acts as a resource to Initial Clinical Reviewers.
• Ensures documentation of all communications with medical office staff and/or MD provider is recorded in a timely and accurate manner.
• May assist the Senior Medical Director in research activities/questions related to the Utilization Management process, interpretation, guidelines and/or system support.
• Participates in on-going training per inter-rater reliability process.
  
  
  

Qualifications - Required and Preferred:

• MD/DO/MBBS- Required
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the practice of Medicine, post residency and Active Clinical practice within the last 2 years- Preferred
• Current, unrestricted clinical license in medicine or required specialty- Required
• Obtaining and maintaining medical licenses in the state you reside, as well as, any license required per business needs- Required
• Active Board Certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation- Required
• Strong clinical, management, communication, and organizational skills-Required
• Energetic and curious with a passion for quality and value in health care-Required
• Computer Proficiency-Required
  
  
  

Technical Requirements:

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. These at-home technical requirements are subject to change with any scheduled re-opening of our office locations.

Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [e-mail] for further assistance.

The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $. This position is also eligible for a bonus component that would be dependent on pre-defined performance factors. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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