Job Summary
Job Description
Total compensation package (base pay + bonus) could exceed $300K depending on experience and location.
Clinic Address: 539 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506
Job Description Summary
The Physician serves as a health-care professional and capable of handling a variety of health-related problems. The Physician work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
Job Description
The Physician focuses on outpatient medicine, continuity of care, health maintenance, and disease prevention. Keeps a medical history and medical records. Refers the patient to specialists as needed. Begins to influence department’s strategy. Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
Required Qualifications:
- Current and unrestricted medical license or willing to obtain a medical license in state of practice; eligible and willing to obtain licenses in other states in the region of assignment, as required
- Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrate a high level of skill with interpersonal relationships and communications with colleagues/patients
- Fully engaged in the concept of “Integrated team-based care” model
- Willingness and ability to learn/adapt to practice in a value-based care setting
- Superior patient/customer service
- Basic computer skills, including email and EMR
- This role is considered patient facing and is a part of our Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB
Job Responsibilities
Follows level of medical care and quality for patients and monitors care using available data and chart reviews.
Assists in the coordination of patient services, including but not limited to specialty referrals, 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 Regional Medical Director and Center Administrator in setting a tone of cooperation in practice by displaying a professional and approachable demeanor.
Completes all medical record documentation in a timely manner working with a quality- based coder to optimize coding specificity.
Follows policy and protocol defined by Clinical Leadership.
Meets with RMD about quality of care, review of outcome data, policy, procedure and records issues.
Participates in potential growth opportunities for new or existing services within the Center.
Participates in the local primary care “on-call” program of CenterWell as needed.
Assures personal compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies.
Spend 100% of your time 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.
Qualifications
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
Minimum of two to five years directly applicable experience preferred
Experience managing Medicare Advantage panel of patients with understanding of Best Practice in coordinated care environment in a value-based relationship environment
Knowledge of Medicare guidelines and coverage
Knowledge of HEDIS quality indicators
Working Hours
Skills
Guaranteed base salary + quarterly bonus
Excellent benefit package – health insurance effective on your first day of employment
CME Allowance/Time
Occurrence Based Malpractice Insurance
Relocation and sign-on bonus options
401(k) with Employer Match
Life Insurance/Disability
Paid Time Off/Holidays
Minimal Call