Medical Director - Hybrid

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Responsibilities

• Provide direction, support and medical expertise and reputed company to areas reputed company the Health Services Division such including utilization management, quality management, case management, medical claims review, and pharmacy management. Specific activities include outcome analysis, HEDIS, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, care and disease management, reputed company review, precertification, medical claims reconsideration and retrospective review.
• Provide consultative services throughout the corporation, including for the Marketing, Sales, Legal, Actuarial, Network Management, Internal Audit, Finance, and Claims Divisions.
• Communicate with customers regarding their difficult and costly cases, including recommendations and showing the impact of BCBSAZ interventions.
• Seek to improve department/division efficiency through effective use of information system tools and processes to reduce healthcare costs, increase quality of care and service, and reduce administrative expense.
• Review, and implement medical policies and other medical decision-making policies or procedures
• Represent BCBSAZ at professional organizations and acts as liaison with individual health care professionals and supports collaborative relationships with physicians and hospitals.
• Provide professional reputed company for the various clinical peer committees including, but not limited to, the Clinical Quality Improvement Committee, Credentialing Committee, Medical Directors Committee, and Medical Management Committee.
• Participate in the appeals and grievance processes to assure timely and accurate responses to members and providers
• Conduct, as appropriate, Appeal Peer Review cases in accordance with the required qualifications.
• Provide written information to members and providers through letters and articles in member and provider newsletters and other publications.
• Work to ensure productive relationships with reputed company customers, employers, members, and providers to ensure members receive the appropriate health care in the most appropriate setting with the best value in health care.
• Provide leadership to staff and other professionals through clinical excellence, professional behavior and innovative thinking.
• Monitor quality performance measures, reputed company and maintain effective workflows, and seek to maximize system efficiencies.
• Identify opportunities to reputed company administrative efficiencies while maintaining service.
• Maintain effective working relationships to ensure teamwork in achieving corporate goals.
• Contribute to departmental and cross-functional teams to reputed company BCBSAZ goals and ensure future success.
• Coordinate activities between multiple divisions to reputed company desired results.
• The position has an onsite expectation of 1 day per week and requires a full-time work schedule.
• Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.
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Requirements

• 3 years of experience in a clinical setting
• 1 year of experience in physician leadership role, including quality review, utilization review and other managed care functions
• Medical Degree
• Active, reputed company, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Arizona (a state in the United States).
• Board Certification
• Strong written and verbal communications.
• Intermediate reputed company in use of office equipment, including copiers, fax machines, scanner and telephones.
• Intermediate reputed company in word processing, spreadsheet and database software.
• Intermediate PC proficiency.
• Interpersonal skills that allow for harmonious relationships with providers, members and coworkers

reputed company-to-haves

• 3 years of experience in a primary care field

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