Medical Director, Select Health, Colorado

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Lone Tree (CO); On-site; USD 96,000 - 248,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leadership incentive

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Intermountain Health in Colorado seeks a part-time Medical Director for Select Health to oversee clinical operations and provide medical direction for contracted benefits. This role reports to the Chief Medical Officer and liaises with market leaders to support product performance and local relationships.

The position requires MD/DO with board certification in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Psychiatry, or Emergency Medicine, and CO (or UT/NV/ID) licensure.

Qualifications

• Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree with Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Psychiatry or Emergency Medicine.
• Requires current MD or DO licensure within the State of Utah, Idaho, Nevada or Colorado
• Five years of experience in clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Reviews physician review operation and provides high-level consultation, review and medical direction.
• Provides medical consultation in development and implementation of operational policies and procedures for contracted benefits.
• Reviews and approves all medical changes and options for products/health benefits.
• Coordinates with credentialing including standards and evaluation of provider credentials.
• Works with the paneling and contracting process to ensure appropriate outcomes.
• Participates in corporate strategic planning and cross-divisional decision-making.
• Collaborates with other departments to optimize operational success.
• Willingness to perform physician reviews in addition to overseeing medical reviewers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Taking Initiative

Performance management

Process Improvements

Teamwork

Workflow optimization

Process documentation

Health plan operation

Federal, state and local regulations

Computer Literacy

Education

MD/DO with Board Certification in Internal Medicine OR Pediatrics OR Family Practice OR Psychiatry OR Emergency Medicine

Job description

Job Description: Select Health is a not-for-profit community health plan serving more than one million members in the Intermountain west across multiple states and multiple lines of business. Select Health is seeking a part-time medical director within Colorado.

Reporting to the Select Health Chief Medical Officer, this Medical Director role is a part-time local Medical Director with a heavily matrixed accountability to the Select Health Market President to aid in local clinical relationships, product and plan performance and to understand local market specifics.

Essential Functions

• Reviews physician review operation and provides high-level consultation, review and medical direction.
• Provides medical consultation in the development and implementation of operational policies and procedures for the accurate and appropriate administration of contracted benefits.
• Reviews and approves all medical changes and options for all products and/or health benefits.
• Coordinates with the credentialing process including developing standards, evaluating provider credentials, advising others and resolving issues with credentialed and non-credentialed providers.
• Works with others across the organization on the paneling and contracting process to ensure appropriate outcomes.
• Participates in corporate strategic planning with other leaders across the organization and helps facilitate seamless integration by maintaining effective cross-divisional and cross-functional decision-making processes and relationships.
• Works closely and collaboratively with other departments to optimize operational success.
• Coordinates with the Medical Technology review process.
• Willingness to perform physician reviews in addition to oversee medical reviewers to ensure completeness, timeliness and accuracy.

Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Taking Initiative
• Performance management
• Process Improvements
• Teamwork
• Workflow optimization
• Process documentation
• Health plan operation
• Federal, state and local regulations
• Computer Literacy

Additional Information

• FTE: 0.2 / 8 hours per week
• Rate: $159.78 to $181.48 per hour based on relevant experience
• Eligible for an annual leadership incentive opportunity based on system goals
• In addition to the annual salary, to show our commitment to you and assist with your transition, we may offer a sign-on and relocation bonus when applicable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree with Board Certification in one of the following areas: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Psychiatry or Emergency Medicine.
• Requires current MD or DO licensure within the State of Utah, Idaho, Nevada or Colorado
• Five years of experience in clinical practice.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous management experience.
• Experience with financial and medical expense management.
• Knowledge of managed care products and processes as well as the impact of managed care on the market and cost of health care
• Understanding of health care delivery system as it relates to government programs and agencies.
• Excellent communication skills including ability to establish and maintain rapport with coworkers, providers, brokers, employers, plan members, representatives/executives from other health care entities, government and regulatory bodies and others in the community.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess member, provider, and coworkers' needs.
• Frequent interactions with colleagues and providers require employees to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

Location:

SelectHealth - Lone Tree

Work City:

Lone Tree

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$70.00 - $999.99

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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