Primary Care Physician (S)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluates and treat center patients in accordance with standards of care

• Assists in the coordination of patient services, including but not limited to specialty referrals when appropriate, hospital and SNF coordination, durable medical equipment, and home health care

• Acts as an active participant and key source of medical expertise with the care team through daily huddles

• Helps Lead Physician and Center Administrator in setting a tone of cooperation in practice by displaying a professional and approachable demeanor

• Completes all medical record documentation daily, working with a quality-based coder to optimize comprehensive documentation

• Follows policy and protocol defined by Clinical Leadership

• Meets with Lead Physician about quality of care, review of outcome data, and medical records issues

• Clinically focused on direct patient care, inclusive of patient-facing time and general administrative time (charting, meetings, etc.) as it relates to direct patient care

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of an accredited university

• Current and unrestricted medical license or willing to obtain a medical license in the state of practice; eligible and willing to obtain licenses in other states in the region of assignment, as required

• Board Certification or Eligible to become certified (ABMS or AOA) in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine preferred

• Active and unrestricted DEA license

• Medicare Provider Number

• Medicaid Provider Number

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of HEDIS/STARS

• Knowledge of CAHPS and HOS

• Experience working in medically underserved/culturally diverse communities

• Experience working with an electronic health record

• Experience working in Medicare Advantage Global Risk Models