Medical Director, Clinical Transformation - MSU

Henry Ford Health; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health is seeking a Medical Director for Clinical Transformation to guide strategic initiatives that improve provider performance, quality of care, and operational efficiency within the Mosaic Clinically Integrated Network. This role requires about 8 hours per week of Medical Director Services and reports administratively to the CIN's Chief Medical Officer.

The ideal candidate has extensive leadership experience in healthcare transformation, strong analytic and strategic skills, and a

Qualifications

• Master's degree in hospital, healthcare or business administration preferred.
• Five or more years of clinical experience in a large group practice or integrated health system.
• Five or more years of leadership in a complex healthcare organization with success in quality and patient safety.
• Experience collaborating with physicians and clinical leaders across organizations to improve outcomes.
• Fellowship in a professional society is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for development, implementation, monitoring and improvement of the Clinical Integration program.
• Lead care transformation efforts in partnership with Directors of Clinical Transformation.
• Manage Provider Performance Management processes and improve performance for physicians in Focus Review Plans.
• Oversee credentialing leadership to ensure timely onboarding of trained providers.
• Lead cost of care analyses to identify outliers and drive efficient high-quality care.
• Identify metrics monitoring quintuple aim objectives and incentive metrics.
• Oversee patient complaint policies including investigation and reporting.
• Support CIN staff in physician offices as needed.
• Attend governance meetings (Clinical Performance Committee, Credentialing Committee, Provider Quality Champion, Specialty Advisory Council).
• Support grant opportunities and document work in compliance with policies.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Quality improvement

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

Master's degree in hospital/healthcare/business administration

Fellowship in Professional Society (desirable)

Job description

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GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Medical Director for Clinical Transformation serves as a key clinical leader within the Mosaic Clinically Integrated Network (CIN), responsible for guiding strategic initiatives that enhance provider performance, quality of care, and operational efficiency. The physician in this role is expected to provide Medical Director Services for approximately 8 hours per week. This position is responsible for supporting the development and execution of strategies that promote high-value care, enhance patient outcomes, and ensure alignment with the CIN’s goals, including the Quintuple Aim. Administratively reporting to the Chief Medical Officer of the CIN, the Medical Director collaborates closely with network leadership, physicians, and care teams to support clinical excellence, implement quality improvement strategies, and promote a culture of continuous improvement across the CIN.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. With direction from the Network Chief Medical Officer and the Clinical Performance Committee, provides clinical leadership in support of the development, implementation, monitoring and ongoing improvement of the network’s Clinical Integration program including but not limited to metrics, registries and scorecards.
2. Provides clinical leadership to care transformation (redesign) efforts, partnering with Director(s) of Clinical Transformation.
3. Provides clinical leadership for the Provider Performance Management process/policy, including working proactively with providers on performance issues as well as contacting, counseling, mentoring and improving results for physicians in Focus Review Plans. Makes recommendations to clinical performance committee, credentialing committee, and/or board of managers on actions.
4. Provides clinical leadership for credentialing function to help ensure timely onboarding of appropriately trained and credentialing providers.
5. Provides clinical leadership to cost of care analyses, overall, by specialty, by practice, by physician. Identify outliers and best practice methods, work with physicians to move needle on efficiency while maintaining/improving quality outcomes.
6. Provides clinical leadership to identification and establishment of metrics that monitor our performance on achieving quintuple aim objectives, including assisting with identification of annual Clinical Integration Program incentive metrics.
7. Provides clinical leadership to patient complaint policy/protocols including investigation, review, resolution and reports as needed.
8. Provides clinical leadership to support CIN staff working in physician offices as needed.
9. Governance and other meeting attendance with help supporting when needed, including Clinical Performance Committee (monthly), Credentialing Committee (monthly), Provider Quality Champion (quarterly), Specialty Advisory Council (monthly).
10. Provides clinical leadership to support grant opportunities as needed.
11. Provides detailed written documentation the work performed in a manner that is compliant with Employer’s policies and procedures.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

At least annually, the Medical Director shall meet with the CIN President and/or his/her designee to review the operation of the program and the parties’ respective performance under this Medical Director position description. The focus of this process shall be upon constructive review, continuous quality improvement, and the avoidance of recurrent deficiencies in services. Without limitation of prerogatives of either of the Parties stated elsewhere, the intent of the parties in this process shall be to mutually find the best means to improve quality and efficiency rather than to assert respective rights, blame, or purely technical deficiencies.

Company Description

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Qualifications

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EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Master’s degree in hospital, healthcare or business administration preferred.
• Five (5) years of clinical experience practicing in a large group practice and/or an integrated health system.
• Five (5) years of leadership experience in a complex healthcare organization with demonstrated success in the management of quality efforts, clinical improvement, and/or patient safety.
• Experience working effectively with physicians and other clinical leaders in a multidisciplinary environment, with a record of working across organizational lines to achieve excellence in outcomes.
• Fellowship in Professional Society is desirable.
• Healthcare transformation driven and possessing analytic and strategic skills required to translate mission into sound operations.
• Inspirational and creative leader, committed to excellence, possessing strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex systems, performance strategies and change leadership, and ability to assess and assimilate industry trends and predict future relevance and applicability.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience facilitating cross-section collaboration between clinicians, healthcare administration, payors, and ancillary providers to improve value-based outcomes.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• Licensed Physician (Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine).
• Board Certified.

Additional Information

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