Operations Consultant II

Company Description

Privia Health™ is a technology-driven, national physician enablement company that collaborates with medical groups, health plans, and health systems to optimize physician practices, improve patient experiences, and reward doctors for delivering high-value care in both in-person and virtual settings. The Privia Platform is led by top industry talent and exceptional physician leadership, and consists of scalable operations and end-to-end, cloud-based technology that reduces unnecessary healthcare costs, achieves better outcomes, and improves the health of patients and the well-being of providers.

Job Description

This role requires about 60% travel across the Gulf Coast market, primarily concentrating on a 3.5 hour parameter of Houston, typically in the Houston office  (1200 Binz Street Suite 1490 Houston TX 77004) 2 days a week Tuesdays and Thursdays with working from home Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

Overview of the Role:

The Operations Consultant II is responsible for managing a cluster of our clinically integrated multi-specialty practices and be accountable for driving overall performance results.

Primary Job Duties: 

• Manage and own up to 20 independent physician practices

• Drive growth and improvement to portfolio of physician practices

• Draft and implement action plans to improve and grow physician practices’ overall revenue

• Create transparency with practices about their financial performance (or lack thereof), in order to drive change

• Track and manage metrics and goals related to finance, revenue cycle, productivity, clinical performance, and customer experience

• Re-engineer the practice workflow to streamline patient throughput and efficiency

• Mentor and coach practice administrators, in the management of their physician practice

• Facilitate the transition of the physician practice from Fee-For-Service to the future Risk-based world of healthcare reimbursement

• Roll out and communicate new Privia initiatives

• Effective leader with a sharp eye for constructive criticism in the physician practice

• Strategic thinker who assesses situations carefully and delivers scalable recommendations and results

• Professional presenter of relevant health care topics

• Become an expert in AthenaHealth’s Performance Management System and EHR

• Provide top-notch customer service to physician practices to ensure issues are resolved and clients are satisfied

• Ensure that operations are conducted in accordance with applicable accreditation, statutory and regulatory requirements

• Provide oversight, coaching and mentoring to assigned performance associates

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Healthcare Master’s or MBA highly preferred. 

• 5+ years of healthcare experience required, ideally working with physicians and medical group staff as a practice administrator.

• Strong financial and business acumen needed for this role; Quantitatively and financially focused; must know how to read a balance sheet and explain financial data

• Tech Savvy

• Functions independently and autonomous with Care Center relationships and seeks out ways to activate change against the status quo. Appropriately communicates up the ladder.

• Project management experience juggling multiple projects and urgent deliverables while providing exceptional client service

• Thorough understanding of Population Health Management and how it applies to risk-based contracts.

• Ability to gain a thorough understanding of Privia Care Team resources and each apply to Population Health Management.

• Success in building strong relationships is critical for this role. 

• Must have reliable transportation 

• Must comply with HIPAA rules and regulations

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Technical Requirements (for remote workers):

In order to successfully work remotely, supporting our patients and providers, we require a minimum of 5 MBPS for Download Speed and 3 MBPS for the Upload Speed. This should be acquired prior to the start of your employment. The best measure of your internet speed is to use online speed tests like https://www.speedtest.net/. This gives you an update as to how fast data transfer is with your internet connection and if it meets the minimum speed requirements. Work with your internet provider if you have questions about your connection. Employees who regularly work from home offices are eligible for e