Medical Director – Post Acute Care
Location
United States
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
$207.8K - $346.3K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Medical Director – Post Acute Care
The Cigna Group
• Provide timely expert medical review of medical necessity requests for clinical services related to post acute care and render a clinical opinion about the medical service under review, including post-decision reviews. • Provide timely and collegial peer-to-peer discussions with treating physicians to clarify clinical information and to explain review outcome decisions. • Participate in proactive peer to peers to assist with appropriate and timely discharge planning. • Document all actions related to clinical review sessions and attest to review qualifications as required. • Conduct weekly Case Conferences with nursing and social worker teams; discussing every assigned member receiving care in a post-acute care facility, focusing on discharge planning, complex medical care management, quality of care, appropriate level of care, and appropriate length of stay. • Maintain necessary credentials and immediately inform eviCore of any adverse actions relating to medical licenses and/or board certifications. • Support the review of eviCore clinical guidelines. • Support and communicate eviCore policies and procedures to the provider community. • Testify at ALJ Hearings when your cases are being appealed. • Assist with staff educational training and in-service programs and serve as a clinical resource for eviCore staff. • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert when Medical Directors and/or Senior Medical Directors are unavailable. • Available for scheduled weekend call from home based on business needs. • Participate in Joint Operating Committee (JOC) meetings, including the collection and review of data relevant to the client, and other virtual events with the provider engagement team in your specified territory. • Participate in all required educational and quality improvement activities and maintain passing scores in all assessments. • Assist in reviewing case determinations from clients responding to a provider or member complaint. • Maintain necessary credentials and immediately inform eviCore of any adverse actions relating to medical licenses and/or board certifications. • Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- M.D. or D.O. degree from accredited institution
- Minimum of five (5) years of clinical practice experience after completion of all graduate medical education training, including residency and fellowship (when applicable)
- Active board certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Active unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state or territory of the United States as a utilization review doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, URAC and NCQA standards, and utilization management
- Must be able to type 30 WPM, be proficient computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
Benefits
- medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs
- 401(k)
- company paid life insurance
- tuition reimbursement
- minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
- paid holidays
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