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Medical Home Consultant-309345: UnitedHealth Group

Job ID309345
Company NameUnitedHealth Group
Job CategoryHealthcare; Healthcare
LocationPhoenix, AZ
Position TypeFull-Time, Employee
Experience2-5 Years Experience
Date PostedAugust 1, 2009 (Reposted Dec 29)


Job Category:
Medical & Clinical Operations

Reference Code:
309345

Position Type:
Full-time, Regular




UnitedHealth Group is among the most ambitious Fortune 25 companies you'll ever meet. Through our family of businesses, we're working to make the health care system perform better for more people, in more ways than ever.

Simply put, we think the entire system can be greater than it's ever been. And that drives us to work harder, aim higher, and expect more from one another.

Here, you'll be empowered to make an immediate impact for millions of others. And you'll achieve more than you ever expected. How does that fit with your plans?


Medical Home Consultant-309345

UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health.

Description

AmeriChoice is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
If you're ready to help make health care work better for more people, you can make a historic impact on the future of health care at AmeriChoice.
We contract with states and other government agencies to provide care for over two million individuals. Working with physicians and other care providers, we ensure that our members obtain the care they need with a coordinated approach.
This enables us to break down barriers, which makes health care easier for our customers to manage. That takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of good ideas. Most of all - it takes an entire team of talent. Individuals with the tenacity and the dedication to make things work better for millions of people all over our country.
  • The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Consultant works directly with designated physician practice/s as part of the APIPA/practice medical home partnership to ensure successful implementation of a medical home model which provides individualized, patient-centered, comprehensive care for APIPA members.
  • Collaborating with the practice medical home clinicians, the PCMH Consultant assists the practice in identifying patients at risk for adverse outcomes and facilitates communications to ensure practice interventions are timely and effective.
  • The Consultant assists the practice in developing work flows to optimize care delivery, and recommends best practices and process improvements.
  • The PCMH Consultant is responsible for supporting the practice in development and effective use of a patient registry to increase its ability to track delivery of evidence based care, and monitor results across the practice population.
  • The PCMH Consultant will also support process improvements to assist the practice in becoming an NCQA certified Medical Home, if desired.
You can be a part of this team. You can put your skills and talents to work in an effort that is seriously shaping the way health care services are delivered.

Qualifications

Required
  • Minimum 5 years Medicaid managed care experience in state of Arizona working in an innovative primary care practice or FQHC
  • Ability to analyze and monitor results of outcome measures and assist physician practice in identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery
  • Minimum of 3 to 5 years of recent clinical experience.
  • Advanced level of computer literacy including experience with electronic medical records
  • Ability to navigate without assistance in multiple computer applications and systems
  • Excellent problem solving sills
  • Strong interpersonal skills that enable relationship building
  • Effective oral and written communication skills
  • Strong persuasion skills and demonstrated evidence of innovative thinking and program development to make the health care system work better.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervisory oversight.
  • Masters degree MPH, MBA, medical informatics or similar
Desired
  • Previous experience implementing a Medical Home model in a primary care practice.
  • Clinician with a current, unrestricted license in the state of Arizona.
  • Knowledge and/or experience of NCQA standards
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.




Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.



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