Remote National Medical Director

Centene Corporation; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 237,000 - 449,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K plan

Stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off and holidays

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a medical leader to assist the Chief Medical Director in directing medical management, quality improvement and credentialing for the business unit.

You will provide medical leadership for utilization management, cost containment and quality improvement, perform medical reviews, and support performance initiatives while ensuring regulatory and accreditation compliance. Collaboration with clinical teams and provider networks is essential.

Qualifications

• MD/DO with active license; board-certified in a medical specialty preferred.
• Experience in utilization management and medical quality improvement.
• Active clinical practice is expected.
• Course work in health administration, health financing, insurance or personnel management is advantageous.
• Experience treating or managing care for a culturally diverse population.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership for utilization management, cost containment and quality improvement.
• Perform medical reviews for utilization, quality assurance and complex cases.
• Support performance improvement initiatives for capitated providers.
• Assist in planning goals and policies to improve care quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, state, corporate and accreditation standards.
• Support physician committees and governance structures.
• Coordinate care for high-risk patients with care management teams.
• Collaborate with clinical teams, providers, appeals and consultants on complex cases.
• Participate in provider network development and market expansion if appropriate.
• Contribute to physician education on clinical issues and policies.
• Identify utilization review studies and monitor trends in medical service utilization.
• Identify quality improvement opportunities to reduce unwarranted variation.
• Interface with providers to implement recommendations to improve utilization and quality.
• Review claims for medical necessity and proper payment; develop provider alliances.
• Represent the unit before public bodies and state committees; may work weekends/holidays as needed.

Skills

Medical leadership

Utilization management

Quality improvement

Regulatory compliance

Collaboration with clinical teams

Education

Medical Doctor or DO

Utilization Management experience

Active medical practice

Health administration coursework

Experience with diverse populations

Job description

Position Purpose

Assist the Chief Medical Director to direct and coordinate the medical management, quality improvement and credentialing functions for the business unit.

• Provides medical leadership of all for utilization management, cost containment, and medical quality improvement activities.
• Performs medical review activities pertaining to utilization review, quality assurance, and medical review of complex, controversial, or experimental medical services, ensuring timely and quality decision making.
• Supports effective implementation of performance improvement initiatives for capitated providers.
• Assists Chief Medical Director in planning and establishing goals and policies to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care and service for members.
• Provides medical expertise in the operation of approved quality improvement and utilization management programs in accordance with regulatory, state, corporate, and accreditation requirements.
• Assists the Chief Medical Director in the functioning of the physician committees including committee structure, processes, and membership.
• Conduct regular rounds to assess and coordinate care for high-risk patients, collaborating with care management teams to optimize outcomes.
• Collaborates effectively with clinical teams, network providers, appeals team, medical and pharmacy consultants for reviewing complex cases and medical necessity appeals.
• Participates in provider network development and new market expansion as appropriate.
• Assists in the development and implementation of physician education with respect to clinical issues and policies.
• Identifies utilization review studies and evaluates adverse trends in utilization of medical services, unusual provider practice patterns, and adequacy of benefit/payment components.
• Identifies clinical quality improvement studies to assist in reducing unwarranted variation in clinical practice in order to improve the quality and cost of care.
• Interfaces with physicians and other providers in order to facilitate implementation of recommendations to providers that would improve utilization and health care quality.
• Reviews claims involving complex, controversial, or unusual or new services in order to determine medical necessity and appropriate payment.
• Develops alliances with the provider community through the development and implementation of the medical management programs.
• As needed, may represent the business unit before various publics both locally and nationally on medical philosophy, policies, and related issues.
• Represents the business unit at appropriate state committees and other ad hoc committees.
• May be required to work weekends and holidays in support of business operations, as needed.

Position Purpose

Assist the Chief Medical Director to direct and coordinate the medical management, quality improvement and credentialing functions for the business unit.

• Provides medical leadership of all for utilization management, cost containment, and medical quality improvement activities.
• Performs medical review activities pertaining to utilization review, quality assurance, and medical review of complex, controversial, or experimental medical services, ensuring timely and quality decision making.
• Supports effective implementation of performance improvement initiatives for capitated providers.
• Assists Chief Medical Director in planning and establishing goals and policies to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of care and service for members.
• Provides medical expertise in the operation of approved quality improvement and utilization management programs in accordance with regulatory, state, corporate, and accreditation requirements.
• Assists the Chief Medical Director in the functioning of the physician committees including committee structure, processes, and membership.
• Conduct regular rounds to assess and coordinate care for high-risk patients, collaborating with care management teams to optimize outcomes.
• Collaborates effectively with clinical teams, network providers, appeals team, medical and pharmacy consultants for reviewing complex cases and medical necessity appeals.
• Participates in provider network development and new market expansion as appropriate.
• Assists in the development and implementation of physician education with respect to clinical issues and policies.
• Identifies utilization review studies and evaluates adverse trends in utilization of medical services, unusual provider practice patterns, and adequacy of benefit/payment components.
• Identifies clinical quality improvement studies to assist in reducing unwarranted variation in clinical practice in order to improve the quality and cost of care.
• Interfaces with physicians and other providers in order to facilitate implementation of recommendations to providers that would improve utilization and health care quality.
• Reviews claims involving complex, controversial, or unusual or new services in order to determine medical necessity and appropriate payment.
• Develops alliances with the provider community through the development and implementation of the medical management programs.
• As needed, may represent the business unit before various publics both locally and nationally on medical philosophy, policies, and related issues.
• Represents the business unit at appropriate state committees and other ad hoc committees.
• May be required to work weekends and holidays in support of business operations, as needed.

Education/Experience

• Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy.
• Utilization Management experience and knowledge of quality accreditation standards preferred.
• Actively practices medicine.
• Course work in the areas of Health Administration, Health Financing, Insurance, and/or Personnel Management is advantageous.
• Experience treating or managing care for a culturally diverse population preferred.

License/Certifications

• Board certification in a medical specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists or the American Osteopathic Association’s Department of Certifying Board Services.
• Active Certification in Internal or Family Medicine, preferred.
• Current state license as a MD or DO without restrictions, limitations, or sanctions from government programs.

Pay Range: $236,500.00 - $449,300.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You'll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act