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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio

About this job

This position is for qualified physicians seeking to enter the new and growing non-clinical practice specialty of Physician Advisor with a career trajectory towards a provider or payor medical director and beyond. This position drives performance across our organization by communicating with hospital physicians and utilization management staff at client hospitals to champion best practices for evidence-based care and its documentation. The Physician Advisor will be responsible for establishing, maintaining, and strengthening the relationship with EHR client hospitals to appropriately optimize the use of EHR services.
 
Training will be provided by EHR. Training will be provided by EHR. The Physician Advisor will join a team of on-site physician advisors across the country.
 
Although the Physician Advisor (PA) is employed by EHR, the intention is that the PA will become a key member of the client hospital’s leadership team charged with meeting the organization’s goals and objectives for ensuring the effective, efficient utilization of health care services. To this end, the PA will develop expertise on matters regarding physician practice patterns, over- and under-utilization of resources, medical necessity, documentation best practices, level of care progression, denial management, and compliance with governmental regulations and commercial insurance contracts.
 
The Physician Advisor will work closely with the medical staff, including house staff, hospital leadership, and all utilization management (UM) personnel to develop and implement methods to optimize the use of hospital services. This includes care management processes that insure patients are in the appropriate level of care with supporting documentation for regulatory compliance and accurate coding.
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Conduct medical necessity reviews of cases referred by case management to ensure medical necessity and regulatory requirements are met for level of care
Meet with case management, social work, and other healthcare team members to discuss selected cases and make recommendations regarding patient status
Interacting with medical staff and medical directors of third-party payers to discuss the needs of patients and alternative levels of care
Act as a consultant for the medical staff regarding their decisions for the appropriate level of care of hospitalized patients and supporting documentation
Participate in the claims denial process, including appeals
Review of utilization data to ensure hospital objectives for quality patient care
Act as a resource for the medical staff regarding federal, state, and payer regulatory, quality, and contract requirements
Serve as a physician member of the Utilization Review Committee, which may require non-clinical medical staff privileges application
Provide education on utilization management topics (e.g. documentation) to the medical and UM staffs
Physician Advisor will not:

Practice medicine during the hours scheduled, which includes:

Decision-making in a patient’s plan of care or discharge
Write orders or prescriptions
Provide on-call coverage
Set hospital clinical or administrative policies
Supervise house staff or hospital employees
Participate in any type of peer review (e.g. Quality, M&M)

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited medical school
Completion of a specialty residency
Board Certified / Eligible
Hold and maintain an unrestricted medical license in the client’s state
Minimum of 3 years of experience in a hospital-based practice setting
Demonstrated ability to build rapport with medical staff and hospital leadership
Strong computer skills and working knowledge of EMRs
Preferred Qualifications:

Board Certification
Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality, cost-effective, efficient patient care services
Utilization Management experience
Familiarity with:

Current medical literature
Healthcare reimbursement issues (e.g. medical necessity, levels of care, coding)
MCG/InterQual screening criteria
Medicare/Medicaid compliance
Medical staff structure, policies and procedures
Healthcare delivery systems
 
Outcomes and Deliverables:

​Tracks and reports performance metrics regarding Physician Advisor activities to the client and EHR
Maintains documentation of the interventions and resulting outcomes or decisions
As health care continues to change and evolve, so do your opportunities to join a superb team who are working every day to make health care work better. Executive Health Resources is part of Optum and the growing family of UnitedHealth Group companies. We help smooth out the interplay between each hospital client and the various payers. How? We serve as an expert partner on issues that confront hospitals every day involving medical necessity, reimbursement, coding and documentation. And while that's a mouthful, it makes us proud to say that we rise to a level of professionalism and quality that can totally invigorate your career. Join us today and you'll soon be doing your life's best work.SM
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.