Physician Advisor – Exempt

Posted 21hrs ago

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Physician Advisor leading utilization management, peer reviews, and hospital resource optimization. Supporting Ensemble’s technology-enabled revenue-cycle solutions for health systems nationwide.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership for resource and utilization management to deliver quality, cost-effective care in the appropriate setting
  • Work with medical staff leadership, physicians, and resident house staff on resource and utilization management
  • Develop and implement methods to optimize hospital service utilization
  • Develop care management protocols with hospital leadership, physicians, and others
  • Ensure patients are in the appropriate level of care
  • Support documentation, coding improvements, and compliance
  • Perform peer-to-peer reviews, short-stay reviews, and extended observation reviews
  • Provide medical staff education and training
  • Prepare periodic reports for the Board, MEC, and Joint Conference
  • Determine status for hospitalized patients
  • Review observation patients daily
  • Build relationships with medical staff and leadership regarding utilization management issues
  • Attend utilization management committees as a subject matter expert
  • Assist with denials and appeals
  • Partner with UR nurses, IA staff, and Case Management to improve the utilization management process
  • Track denial trends and help the team respond to payer challenges

Requirements:

  • MD/DO Physician (MUST have)
  • Must reside and be authorized to work within the United States
  • Experience relevant to compensation determination
  • Medical licensure required to practice as an MD/DO physician (implied by the mandatory physician qualification)

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs
  • Professional certification relevant to the associate’s field
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Quarterly and annual incentive programs
  • Work-life flexibility
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities