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Regional Director - Anesthesiology - Vituity Practice Management - Emeryville

Vituity

Emeryville, CA

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SKILLS
Accounts Receivable, Acute Care, Alliance/Partner Management, Anesthesiology, Budgeting, Business Development, Coaching, Communication Skills, Contract Management, Contract Negotiation, Debt Management, Documentation, Employee Relations, Fiduciary, Healthcare, Healthcare Quality, Hospital, Hospital Administration, Leadership, Managed Care, Management Consulting, Medical Coding, Mentoring, Metrics, Negotiation Skills, Nursing Administration, Onboarding, Operations Processes, Osteopathy, Patient Care, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Physician Credential, Problem Solving Skills, Profit & Loss, Quality Metrics, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Sales Prospecting, Startup, Surface Mount Technology, Time Management, Translation Services
LOCATION
Emeryville, CA
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Today
Remote, Nationwide - Seeking Anesthesiology Regional Director

Join the Physician Partnership Where You Can Increase Your Impact

Vituity's ownership model provides autonomy, local control, and a national system of support, so you can focus your attention where you want it to be - on your patients.

Join the Vituity Team. Vituity is a 100% physician-owned partnership and is led by frontline physicians that are all equitable owners. As an equal and valued partner from day one, our ownership model provides you with financial transparency, a comprehensive benefits package including profit distribution, and multiple career development opportunities. Our leadership understands what your practice needs to thrive and gives you autonomy and local control so you can provide care when, where, and how your patients need it. You are backed by a best-in-class corporate healthcare team and supported by the broad peer-level expertise of 6,000 Vituity clinicians. At Vituity we've cultivated an environment where passion thrives, and success comes through shared purpose. We were founded in a culture that values team accomplishments more than individual achievements, an approach we call "culture of brilliance." Together, we leverage our strengths and experiences to make a positive impact in our local communities. We foster this through shared goals and helping our colleagues succeed, and we also understand the importance of recognition, taking the time to show appreciation and gratitude for a job well done.

Vituity Locations: Vituity has opportunities at 890 practices across the country, serving 14.5 million patients a year. With Vituity, if you ever need to move, you can take your job with you.

The Opportunity
  • Work with Medical Directors to review site performance, address problems, and adjust practices to achieve profitability Accountable for ensuring all sites are solvent.
  • Review monthly site performance reports and ensure problems are corrected.
  • Take charge of or assist MDs in resolving issues with problem payers, AR, etc.
  • Monitor site contributions and organization subsidies.
  • Work with Vituity Practice Management staff and VP in negotiations of managed care contracts affecting sites in his/her region as needed.
  • Manage debt forgiveness when applicable.
  • Coordinate and lead the negotiation of contracts in the region and resolve issues with payers, managed care organizations, and the hospital.
  • Operate a new site to budget.
  • Know incentives and operationalize optimization, ensure contract terms are being met.
  • Own start-ups, Year One, and Hot Spot calls.
  • Increase in subsidy needs to be approved by COO.
  • Accountable for site operational and quality performance.
  • Aid each MD in the identification and correction of potential and/or existing operational or financial problems, including patient flow, coding, documentation, compliance, and productivity issues.
  • Advise Medical Directors and site management team to ensure that all practice lines in the region provide the highest quality medical care.
  • Know quality metrics for the site and system, ensure these are exceeded.
  • Accountable for ensuring meaningful integration occurs: Identify opportunities for practice line integration to ensure the quality and efficiency of patient care delivery across the acute care continuum; assist with new service line startups; engage regularly with integrated site RDs.
  • Engage in collaboratives, set the tone, hold MD and SMT accountable.
  • Allocate Vituity Practice Management, Operations Consultants, and Regional Leads resources for region.
  • Work collaboratively with Operations Consultants and Regional Leads on initiatives such as start-up calls and performance improvement initiatives and assume responsibility for the success of those efforts. The RD is ultimately responsible for their practices' performance.
  • Act as the leader for the site in any Vituity collaboratives.
  • Be proactive in maintaining oversight of all site metrics, incentives, and operational processes.
  • Provide leadership for all partners and employees in region.
  • Onboard and mentor Medical Directors and address any performance issues in a timely manner, hold them accountable.
  • Aid the MD in recruiting, onboarding, and acculturating new providers.
  • Represent Vituity and impart information on new policies and procedures.
  • Work clinically at struggling sites when appropriate and necessary.
  • Commit to creating and demonstrating inclusivity within Vituity including codesigning, building, and executing strategies, policies, and practices that cultivate equity, inclusion, and fair opportunity for all; demonstrating preparedness to educate, mitigate, coach, and address daily bias and exclusion in partnership with the site leadership.
  • Lead with integrity by recognizing the voices and ideas of individuals in their respective site or division.
  • Ensure practices are following up on compliance requirements.
  • Ensure the Medical Directors are signing off on timecards within due date.
  • Support current and future Leadership development by supporting and participating the Leadership Development Program.
  • Represent Vituity and maintain relationships in their region.
  • Maintain a strong C-suite relationship, ensure added value.
  • Respond quickly to emails and calls.
  • Represent Vituity to hospital administration and nursing; meet at least annually with them, but quarterly is preferred. Best to have ongoing check-ins.
  • Assure strong and positive relationships with medical staff. Encourage site partners to become Chief of Med Staff.
  • Serve as a member of Vituity Regional Director Operations Committee and on appropriate Vituity workgroups.
  • Assume responsibility for any Medical Director in an emergency.
  • Regularly engage, mentor, and assist fellow Regional Directors, medical directors, and site management team.
  • Meet with Medical Directors on a frequent basis and monitor high risk and new sites monthly.
  • Investigate and address Partner and provider complaints and issues in the Region.
  • Leadership education and training.
  • Participate in Divisional meetings with all practice lines.
  • Provide regular organizational updates at the site level.
  • Ensure appropriate onboarding, education, and training of MDs.
  • Education and training sessions.
  • Create and update training materials.
  • Supply potential candidates to the leadership pipeline.
  • Identify opportunities for new business, report them to leadership and/or business development for follow up.
  • Participate in New Business opportunities outside your own region as needed.
  • Present new innovations and service line offerings to current clients to enhance existing relationships.
  • Manage the contract negotiation process with existing sites via Renewal Process.
  • Ensure our contracting process is being followed.
  • Participate in establishing new contract terms.
  • Facilitate integration of practice lines in startups and existing contract sites.
  • Meet regularly with RDs from different service lines to share challenges and find solutions to increase contract stability.
  • Joint accountability with the System Client champion to ensure good relationships; ensuring that we are meeting/exceeding expectations.
  • Monitor and intervene when appropriate on matters of client, medical staff, and hospital staff conflict/problems.
  • Ensure that all Vituity physician providers understand their fiduciary obligations as Vituity partners.
  • Model and communicate the cultural values, partnership principles, and patient-centered cause in interactions with patients, clients, providers, employees.
  • Work with your peers to help and improve overall performance.
  • Accountable for meeting organizational goals in their Region.
  • Plan and contribute to content for Division wide meetings as assigned.
  • Promote Vituity's culture, mission, values, culture, and democratic principles.
  • Work with Partnership affairs and CPAC on provider related issues and concerns in his/her Region and ensure that progressive counseling with exceptional documentation is followed.
  • Ensure bi-directional communication to and from providers regarding organizational updates, policies and procedures, strategy, etc.
  • Have regular interactions with key hospital administrators to maintain an open line of communication and to understand and address pain points throughout the year.
  • Monitor and intervene when appropriate on matters of client, medical staff, and hospital staff conflict/problems.
  • Ensure site providers are actively participating on key hospital committees.
  • Assist the site leadership in cultivating and maintaining key relationships when able and applicable with hospital board members, foundation members etc.
  • Respond in a timely manner.
  • Align with partnership strategy, initiatives and expectations and communicate to the site level.
  • Have an in-depth understanding of the strategy and initiatives to own the message and be prepared to thoroughly discuss with Partners.
  • RD is a Vituity advocate and should communicate as an owner of the message as opposed to being simply a translator.
  • Provide VPs feedback they receive related to these communications.
Required Experience and Competencies
  • Candidate must be residing in the Midwest or on the East Coast.
  • Licensed physician as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D . click apply for full job details

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