Vice President and Chief Medical Officer-Population Health

Company Description

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better healthcare, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. At Northwestern Medicine, we pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, we take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

Job Description

The CMO of Population Health (“CMO”) is responsible for designing and enabling care model transformation in support of Northwestern Medicine’s Patients First Mission and value-based care contract performance. The CMO collaborates with and engages clinical and system function partners throughout NM and across the community to implement population health management programs.

Responsibilities

• Develops population health strategies and manages interventions, people, and programs that address the clinical and utilization needs of various risk-based populations.
• Oversees the quality improvement, and medical management processes to improve care, reduce costs, and deliver evidence-based outcomes.
• Lead strategy and operations for care coordination and patient outreach efforts.
• Serve as primary liaison to specialty service lines in pursuit of utilization management strategies.
• Partner with Primary Care Leadership to identify and implement strategies to optimize operations to support strong quality outcomes and contract performance.
• Support the optimization of the Northwestern Medicine’s Clinically Integrated Network’s (CIN’s) quality program.
• Develop and facilitate relevant clinician engagement and education efforts.
• Identify and optimize appropriate resourcing for clinical population management efforts.
• In partnership with the VBC Contracting and Performance team, develops risk stratification and population segmentation models. 
• Participate actively in the NM CMO structure to ensure coordination of Population Health efforts across ambulatory and hospital sites

Qualifications

Required:

• Board-certified physician (M.D. or D.O.)
• Experience participating in and/or implementing alternative payment care models.
• Minimum 15 years health care experience.
• Minimum of 8 years clinical practice.
• Previous experience leading a team, business unit, and/or clinical improvement initiative.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, as demonstrated by the ability to work effectively with physician partners, individuals and/or teams, across disciplines.
• Demonstrated skill in change management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience leading a data-driven improvement effort.

Preferred:

• Additional graduate education in health administration, business, public health, or a related field.
• Experience leading Population Health programs

Reporting structure

• Reports directly to NM SVP for Population Health and Primary Care
• Accountable to NM System CMO and NM System CFO

Additional Information

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.