Physician Business Manager
Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve u00A0your lifes best work.(sm)
The Physician Business Manager is responsible for developing, maintaining and servicing a high quality, marketable and satisfied provider network within an assigned geographic area.
u00A0 Key responsibilities include recruitment and contracting, education and servicing of assigned providers. u00A0 The Physician Business Manager helps assigned Providers operate successfully within our healthcare delivery model by providing strategic planning and tools to meet goals.
u00A0 This position is expected to build and sustain solid working relationships with cross functional departments, vendors, local sales, and assigned Providers.
The Physician Business Manager is accountable for overall performance and profitability for their assigned groups as well as ownership and oversight to provide redirection as appropriate.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Educate Providers to ensure they have the tools they need to meet Quality, Risk adjustment, growth (as appropriate) and Total Medical Cost goals per business development plans
- Ensures Providers have in depth understanding of WellMed Model of Care to include, but not limited to, contractual obligations, program incentives and patient care best practices
- Conduct detailed analysis of various reports by tracking and trending data to develop a strategic plan to ensure performance goals are achieved
- Ensures the overall strategic plan incorporates interventions with internal departments or subject matter experts, external vendors, and others as needed
- Participates in creation and execution of a local network development plan to assure network adequacy as needed
- Works at the direction of their assigned leader to recruit / contract providers ensuring network adequacy
- Conducts new provider orientations and ongoing education to providers and their staffs on healthcare delivery products, health plan partnerships, processes and compensation arrangements
- Maintains open communication with providers to include solutions for resolution and closure on health plan issues related to credentialing, claims, eligibility, disease management, utilization management, quality and risk adjustment programs
- Conducts provider meetings to share and discuss economic data, troubleshoots for issue resolution, and implements an escalation process for discrepancies
- Collaborates with provider groups to develop, execute and monitor performance and patient outcomes improvement plans
- Collaborates with Medical Director to monitor utilization trends and profit pools and share results with assigned PCPs
- Handles or ensures appropriate scheduling, agenda, materials, location, meals and minutes of provider meetings as needed
- Collaborates with contracting team to ensure provider data is correct and Provider directories include any needed updates.
Completes Practitioner Data Forms and Provider Change Forms as needed
- Represent WellMed / UHG by holding company sponsored Provider events (Summits, Learning Sessions)
- Provides information and participate in management meetings as requested
- Regularly meets with cross functional team to create, revise and adjust strategy for assigned Provider Groups to meet overall performance goals
- Provider support to maintain and develop ongoing value related to the WellMed Value Proposition
- Introduce and advocate company resources to facilitate practice optimization
- Identifies at risk situations and develops a plan for escalation and corrective action
- Performs all other related duties as assigned
Youll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications :
- Associates degree in related field required. (4+ years of comparable work experience may be substituted in lieu of an Associates degree)
- 2+ years of provider relations or managed care experience
- Intermediate experience in MS Office (PowerPoint and Teams)
- Advanced experience in Excel
- Proven exceptional interpersonal skills with ability to interface effectively both internally and externally with a wide range of people including physicians, office staff, hospital executives and other health plan staff
- Proven excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with effective follow through
- Proven solid verbal and written communication skills
- Willing or ability to travel up to 50%, as needed for business
- Willing or ability to work onsite in an office environment
Preferred Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree
- Professional provider relations experience involving physicians and administrative staff
- Provider recruitment and contracting experience
- Understanding of medical care financing and delivery systems, provider contracting, reimbursement arrangements and network management
- Solid knowledge of local provider community
- Proven presentation skills to small and large groups
Physical & Mental Requirements :
- Ability to push or pull heavy objects using pounds of force
- Ability to properly drive and operate a company vehicle
Careers with WellMed. u00A0Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors.
We're impacting 550,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services.
We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness.
Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
WellMed was founded in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led company that could change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors.
Through the WellMed Care Model, we specialize in helping our patients stay healthy by providing the care they need from doctors who care about them.
We partner with multiple Medicare Advantage health plans in Texas and Florida and look forward to continuing growth.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.
We believe everyoneof every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and incomedeserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes.
We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere : UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers 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.
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