Vice President, Provider Network Services - SMG

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Reporting directly to the President of WVUHS Medical Group (SMG), the Vice President is responsible to establish SMG as a high performing medical group of more than 1500 physicians and APPs. This will be achieved by building a highly engaged physician and APP workforce and creating the infrastructure that facilitates the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-focused care. This role involves fostering a unified culture aligned with WVU Medicine’s strategic goals which includes but is not limited to developing a seamless onboarding process for new clinical partners, assuring resources and support to enhance physician and APP performance, and using checkpoints and data to monitor progress and facility new growth opportunities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• Master’s Degree in Healthcare, Business Administration or Management is required with a focus in Finance, Accounting, or related field.

• Ten years of experience in health care with a minimum of five years of leadership experience in a health care setting is required.

PREFERRED  QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• Experience in an integrated healthcare delivery system is required.

• Experience in a multi-specialty group practice plan of >500 providers is required.

• Experience in an academic health system is preferred.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Build Connections: Serve as a strategic partner and though leader to SMG President, UHA, corporate departments, local markets and other key senior leaders to engage providers in delivering high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-focused care.

• Infrastructure development:  Partners with SMG President and other key stakeholders to identify and develop infrastructure needed to establish SMG as a high performing medical group of more than 1500 physicians and APPs.

• Physician Compensation and Benefits: Supports the governance oversite and creation of market based, transparent, consistent and communicated physician and APP compensation plans.

• Onboarding Process: Develop a seamless onboarding process for new clinical partners.

• Support Physician Performance: Provide infrastructure and processes to enhance physician performance across medical groups.

• Monitor Progress: Use checkpoints and data to monitor progress, establishing systems and processes to measure results.

• Assess Operations: Identify opportunities for improvement and integration in current operations, policies, and processes, create processes to engage regional administrators and other operators to create measurable improvements.

• Analyze Outcomes: Benchmark clinical and performance outcomes, ensuring accountability and consistency of care to achieve medical excellence, efficiency, and excellent patient experiences.

• Quality and Safety: Work with leaders to refine and monitor quality metrics throughout SMG and support the maturity of infrastructure for quality and safety in collaboration with organizational partners.

• Evidence-Based Medicine: Work in collaboration with Health System Integration to prioritize and implement initiatives to reduce practice and outcome variations, creating common processes and a universal patient experience where appropriate.

• Team Development and Leadership: Leads and mentors a high-performing team and fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Physician Network Models: Assist in developing and implementing strategies for physician network models that strengthen relationships between SMG and WVU departments, as well as independent physicians.

• Evaluate and Integrate Practices: Foster a unified culture aligned with WVU Medicine’s strategic goals.

• Explore Expansion Opportunities: In collaboration with appropriate WVU Medicine departments, create market-based analysis and recommendations for growth and service expansion within existing practices, start-up and acquisition.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

• Understand SMG: Support and lead where appropriate, the comprehensive understanding of SMG throughout WVU Medicine, including within UHA. Establ