Primary Care Physician

ChenMed is seeking a Primary Care Physician (PCP) to join its rapidly expanding team, dedicated to transforming healthcare for seniors. This physician-led organization focuses on delivering VIP care to a panel of up to 450 patients, emphasizing accountability for outcomes and a coaching approach to health. The role offers an opportunity to fulfill purpose and personal opportunity within a mission-driven environment.

Practice Info

• Accountability for outcomes, strong clinical care, and cost-effectiveness for each patient in their panel of up to 450 patients
• Acts as a health coach, helping patients set short and long-term health goals
• Simplifies and prioritizes appropriately for behavior change
• Metrics regularly measured: patient admissions/thousand, 18-21 appointment slots per day (new patients count for 2 slots, follow-up patients 1 slot), CGCAHPS (patient experience), clinical gaps closures, and medical cost measures
• Leads a care team consisting of a care promoter (medical assistant), care facilitator, and care coordinator for office patients
• Engages with the transitional care team and others including case managers, acute and transitional-care physicians, and other resources for patients unable to come to the office

Responsibilities

• Independently provides care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses encountered in the older adult patient
• Takes full accountability for patient care and outcomes and appropriately seeks consultation from specialists when needed
• Engages with the hospitalist whenever one of their patients is in the hospital
• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion and care coordination and documentation for patients with acute and complex chronic health needs
• Has an active role in the management of their center and helps cover for other providers who may be out
• Takes an active role as needed in recruiting patients for the center and additional providers for the company
• Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager’s discretion

Compensation

• PAY RANGE: $221,141 - $315,915 Salary
• Great compensation

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Career development and advancement opportunities

Requirements

• Ability to function both independently and in collaboration with other health care professionals
• Adherence to strict departmental goals/objectives, standards of performance, regulatory compliance, quality patient care compliance, and policies and procedures
• Availability and Accessibility for patients to build trust
• Service Orientation: provide care that they would want for a family member or for themselves
• Evidence Based Medicine: remains updated on evidence-based medicine, clinical, nutritional, and lifestyle-based interventions
• Physician Leadership: willing to continuously work to develop and improve leadership skills
• Quality: willingness to work with care teams towards achieving high quality outcomes and continuously improve practice of medicine and center operations
• Influence: competently and compassionately influence patients, teams, and themselves to achieve best outcomes
• Self-Care: adequately caring for themselves physically, mentally, socially and spiritually
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus a variety of other word-processing, spreadsheet, database, e-mail and presentation software as used in the company
• Ability and willingness to travel locally as needed in their market, nationally for initial training (2 weeks) and then occasionally regionally and nationally for recruiting or training purposes
• Fluency in English, verbal and written
• This job requires use and exercise of independent judgment