VP-Provider Network Services-SMG

West Virginia University; Morgantown (WV); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 320 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SMG System Medical Group in Morgantown, WV seeks a Vice President to lead a 1500+ physician/APP network, align clinical and operational strategies, and drive growth and superior patient care.

Responsibilities include infrastructure development, compensation governance, onboarding of partners, and performance analytics to sustain medical excellence and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in healthcare administration or management required.
• Ten years health care experience with at least five in leadership.

Responsabilités

• Build connections with SMG President, UHA, corporate departments, and markets to engage providers.
• Develop infrastructure to support 1500+ physicians and APPs.
• Support physician compensation planning with market-based, transparent structures.
• Lead seamless onboarding for new clinical partners.
• Provide processes to improve physician performance across groups.
• Monitor progress with data-driven checkpoints and dashboards.
• Assess operations and drive improvements with regional administrations.
• Benchmark outcomes to ensure high-quality, efficient patient care.
• Advance quality and safety and promote evidence-based medicine initiatives.
• Lead team development, succession planning, and governance structures.

Connaissances

Healthcare leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Formation

Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration or Management

MBA or related field

Description du poste

Reporting directly to the President of WVUHS Medical Group (SMG),the Vice President is responsible to establish SMG as a highperforming medical group of more than 1500 physicians and APPs.This will be achieved by building a highly engaged physician andAPP workforce and creating the infrastructure that facilitates thedelivery of high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-focused care.This role involves fostering a unified culture aligned with WVUMedicine’s strategic goals which includes but is not limited todeveloping a seamless onboarding process for new clinical partners,assuring resources and support to enhance physician and APPperformance, and using checkpoints and data to monitor progress andfacility new growth opportunities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Healthcare, Business Administration orManagement is required with a focus in Finance, Accounting, orrelated field.
• Ten years of experience in health care with a minimum of fiveyears of leadership experience in a health care setting isrequired.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in an integrated healthcare delivery system isrequired.
• Experience in a multi-specialty group practice plan of >500providers is required.
• Experience in an academic health system is preferred.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build Connections: Serve as a strategic partner andthough leader to SMG President, UHA, corporate departments, localmarkets and other key senior leaders to engage providers indelivering high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-focusedcare.
• Infrastructure development: Partners with SMG Presidentand other key stakeholders to identify and develop infrastructureneeded to establish SMG as a high performing medical group of morethan 1500 physicians and APPs.
• Physician Compensation and Benefits: Supports thegovernance oversite and creation of market based, transparent,consistent and communicated physician and APP compensationplans.
• Onboarding Process: Develop a seamless onboardingprocess for new clinical partners.
• Support Physician Performance: Provide infrastructureand processes to enhance physician performance across medicalgroups.
• Monitor Progress: Use checkpoints and data to monitorprogress, establishing systems and processes to measureresults.
• Assess Operations: Identify opportunities forimprovement and integration in current operations, policies, andprocesses, create processes to engage regional administrators andother operators to create measurable improvements.
• Analyze Outcomes: Benchmark clinical and performanceoutcomes, ensuring accountability and consistency of care toachieve medical excellence, efficiency, and excellent patientexperiences.
• Quality and Safety: Work with leaders to refine andmonitor quality metrics throughout SMG and support the maturity ofinfrastructure for quality and safety in collaboration withorganizational partners.
• Evidence-Based Medicine: Work in collaboration withHealth System Integration to prioritize and implement initiativesto reduce practice and outcome variations, creating commonprocesses and a universal patient experience whereappropriate.
• Team Development and Leadership: Leads and mentors ahigh-performing team and fosters a culture of collaboration,accountability and continuous improvement.
• Physician Network Models: Assist in developing andimplementing strategies for physician network models thatstrengthen relationships between SMG and WVU departments, as wellas independent physicians.
• Evaluate and Integrate Practices: Foster a unifiedculture aligned with WVU Medicine’s strategic goals.
• Explore Expansion Opportunities: In collaboration withappropriate WVU Medicine departments, create market-based analysisand recommendations for growth and service expansion withinexisting practices, start-up and acquisition.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

• Understand SMG: Support and lead where appropriate, thecomprehensive understanding of SMG throughout WVU Medicine,including within UHA. Establish robust and positive relationshipsacross the organization and within the medical group based ontrust, transparency, collaboration, and mutual respect.
• Operational Framework: Lead in the formulation andimplementation of an operational framework that providesconsistent, effective, and efficient practice management, fiscaldiscipline, strategic recruitment of providers, and the developmentof clinical quality programs.
• Shared Service Infrastructure: Lead and/or support theformation of a highly effective shared services infrastructure thataddresses both the unique and common needs of SMG and UHA,including but not limited to physician recruitment, coding, revenuecycle, credentialing, etc.
• Physician Leadership Development: Partner with SMGPresident to implement a physician leadership development plan forkey physician leaders and more broadly for interested and motivatedphysicians.
• Governance Structure: Partner with the SMG President todevelop a governance structure for the medical group. Transparentlyand proactively share performance information and engage leaders inopportunities to drive the strategic positioning and performance ofSMG.
• Integration of New Practices: Assure effectiveintegration of new practices into SMG. Ensure operational andfinancial accountability of the physician practices; strengthen thefinancial performance and make sound, consistent business decisionswhile maintaining an empowered, entrepreneurial outlook.
• Culture of Accountability: Create a culture ofaccountability within SMG by developing business analytics toinclude metrics and dashboards related to access, quality, andservice.
• Support Clinical Agenda: Assess practice performance andwork with operations and finance partners to create or refinereporting tools that will track quality and financial metrics byphysician and location. Create specialized plans for providers togrow their practice and maximize productivity.
• Physician Compensation Plan: Partner with SMG Presidentto continue evaluation and refinement of the physician compensationplan across all practices and gain the confidence of physiciansthat the plan is fair and accurate.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong leadership, organizational and strategic planningskills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization andapplying process improvement at scale.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with medicalprofessionals and stakeholders.
• Experience in evaluating and integrating new practices andfostering a unified culture.
• Ability to develop and implement operational frameworks andgovernance structures.
• Strong analytical skills to assess operations, analyzeoutcomes, and monitor progress.
• Knowledge of quality and safety infrastructure in healthcaresettings.
• Ability to create a culture of accountability and supportclinical agendas.
• Experience in developing physician leadership and compensationplans.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of thosethat must be met by an employee to successfully perform theessential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may bemade to enable individuals with disabilities to perform theessential functions.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here arerepresentative of those an employee encounters while performing theessential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may bemade to enable individuals with disabilities to perform theessential functions.

ADDITIONAL JOB DESCRIPTION

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Exempt/Non-Exempt

United States of America (Exempt)

Company

SMG System Medical Group

Cost Center

500 SMG Administration

Address

3040 University Ave
Morgantown
West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries(collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer andcomplies with all applicable federal, state, and local fairemployment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does nottolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any othercovered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, nationalorigin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy,sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mentaldisability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service inthe uniformed services, genetic information, or any othercharacteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or locallaw. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives areprohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policyapplies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, butnot limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline,compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.