Staff Provider (Physician/DO/MD) - Full Time

Overview

As a Staff Provider, you will work with a small team of experienced providers, counselors, and support-staff to facilitate rapid-access intakes and enhanced medical support throughout the early weeks of treatment for Groups members. You will leverage telemedicine extensively in your work, so must be comfortable with technology and enthusiastic about the benefits of this exciting modality. You will work daily to overcome the barriers faced by members early in recovery and must adopt a “member-first” attitude that prioritizes keeping members safe and engaged in treatment at all costs. Flexibility, empathy, and commitment to member success are critical attributes for a successful Staff Provider. You will also provide longitudinal maintenance care to a panel of members (pending prescription cap capacity). Additionally, you will support your regular provider colleagues by providing coverage when medical questions or needs arise and these providers are unavailable. 

 

Your knowledge of the Groups Recovery System and the Groups culture will be critical for ensuring successful launches of Groups into new markets and new geographies within existing markets. Finally, you will be an integral partner of the medical leadership team in developing and deploying new medical service lines for our members.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all clinical policies and procedures as outlined in the GRS Manual

• Intake medical duties 

• Determine each patient’s medical necessity and appropriateness for treatment pursuant to applicable clinical models, policies and procedures, and manuals (e.g., Recovery System Manual) as required by Recover Together.  For patients admitted to treatment, prescribe buprenorphine/naloxone and, where appropriate, other approved medications to treat withdrawal symptoms, in a manner consistent with Recover Together’s policies and procedures and Recovery System Manual.
• Maintain a regular schedule of “intake shifts”, and be available to provide rapid-access telemedicine intakes across multiple geographies, including new markets.
• Complete all intake documentation thoroughly, efficiently, and accurately. 
• Be accountable for successful initiation of MAT during the early weeks of treatment (weeks 1-4, approximately).
• As needed, coordinate with community providers to support the successful transition of new members into Groups.
• Collaborate with other provider colleagues to transition the care of new members into regular maintenance groups.
• Escalate controversial situations to appropriate medical and/or clinical leadership;

• Maintenance medical duties
  • Maintain a panel of maintenance members and serve as their  dedicated provider at monthly provider groups, per the guidelines of the Groups. Recovery System. 
  • Meet with each patient for whom the Physician prescribes buprenorphine at least once every thirty (30) days. This interaction occurs in a group setting, with individual conversations occurring before or after the group as needed. Such meetings may occur via telemedicine, to the extent Physician complies with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and any requirements set forth by applicable payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial plans) governing telemedicine. 
  • Be available by phone and email to discuss each patient’s medical issues in between monthly visits (e.g., dose changes; prescription troubleshooting, interprofessional communication and collaboration).
  • When indicated and medically necessary, meet with patients for a pre-scheduled individual session to review medical progress. These visits are separate from the individual conversations that occur before and after regular shared medical visits. Such meetings may occur via telemedicine, to the extent Physician complies with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and any requirements set forth by applicable payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial plans) governing telemedicine. 
• Medical Records  
  • In compliance with HIPAA and other applicable federal or state laws, rules or regulations regarding medical records, maintain patient records in confidence and complete records in a timely fashion and in accordance with policies of the Company. 
• Miscellaneous medical duties
  • Provide regular coverage for “makeup groups” and makeup 1:1 sessions.
  • Provide as needed cross-coverage for colleagues and answers to medical questions when other providers are unavailable. 
  • Participate in rotating “on-call” schedule of urgent prescription coverage for unavailable providers.
  • Facilitate access to the State’s prescription drug monitoring database so Groups staff can regularly monitor the Provider’s patients’ access to controlled substances, pe