Physician - Sunnyside TX

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Description

The Primary Care Physician (PCP) works as a lead in our team-based care environment. We are a value based care provider focused on quality of care for the patients we serve. Our care team consists of doctors, advanced practice professionals, Pharm D, care coach nurses, MAs, behavioral health specialists, quality based coders, referral coordinators and more. Our approach allows us to provide an unmatched experience for seniors. Our model is positioned to provide higher quality care and better outcomes for seniors by providing a concierge experience, multidisciplinary services, coordinated care supported by analytics and tools, and deep community relationships. This robust support allows our PCP to see fewer patients and spend more time with those they do.

Responsibilities

Patient Care

Evaluates and treats center patients in accordance with standards of care.

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 Partners in Primary Care 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.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree

5 or more years of technical experience

Licensure requirements of the state of jurisdiction

Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university

Prefer Internal Medicine specialty

Board Certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine

This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana/Senior Bridge's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.

Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Information

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Company info

Humana Inc.
Website : http://www.humana.com