Vice President and Chief Medical Officer-Population Health Job
Job Description Job Attributes+
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Job ID
62206758432
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Job Location
251 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611, US -
Job Category
Business Unit Northwestern Medicine Corporate
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Career Area
Executive Management
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Job Type
Full-time
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Education Level
Not in Patient Care Giver Role
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Shift
Job Function Executive
Description
The CMO of Population Health (“CMO”) is responsible for designing and enabling care model transformation in support of Northwestern Medicine’s Patients First Mission and value-based care contract performance. The CMO collaborates with and engages clinical and system function partners throughout NM and across the community to implement population health management programs.
Responsibilities
Develops population health strategies and manages interventions, people, and programs that address the clinical and utilization needs of various risk-based populations.Oversees the quality improvement, and medical management processes to improve care, reduce costs, and deliver evidence-based outcomes.Lead strategy and operations for care coordination and patient outreach efforts.Serve as primary liaison to specialty service lines in pursuit of utilization management strategies.Partner with Primary Care Leadership to identify and implement strategies to optimize operations to support strong quality outcomes and contract performance.Support the optimization of the Northwestern Medicine’s Clinically Integrated Network’s (CIN’s) quality program.Develop and facilitate relevant clinician engagement and education efforts.Identify and optimize appropriate resourcing for clinical population management efforts.In partnership with the VBC Contracting and Performance team, develops risk stratification and population segmentation models. Participate actively in the NM CMO structure to ensure coordination of Population Health efforts across ambulatory and hospital sitesQualifications
Required:
Board-certified physician (M.D. or D.O.)Experience participating in and/or implementing alternative payment care models.Minimum 15 years health care experience.Minimum of 8 years clinical practice.Previous experience leading a team, business unit, and/or clinical improvement initiative.Excellent interpersonal skills, as demonstrated by the ability to work effectively with physician partners, individuals and/or teams, across disciplines.Demonstrated skill in change management.Excellent oral and written communication skills.Experience leading a data-driven improvement effort.Preferred:
Additional graduate education in health administration, business, public health, or a related field.Experience leading Population Health programsReporting structure
Reports directly to NM SVP for Population Health and Primary CareAccountable to NM System CMO and NM System CFOEqual Opportunity
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.
Job Qualifications
Required:
Board-certified physician (M.D. or D.O.)Experience participating in and/or implementing alternative payment care models.Minimum 15 years health care experience.Minimum of 8 years clinical practice.Previous experience leading a team, business unit, and/or clinical improvement initiative.Excellent interpersonal skills, as demonstrated by the ability to work effectively with physician partners, individuals and/or teams, across disciplines.Demonstrated skill in change management.Excellent oral and written communication skills.Experience leading a data-driven improvement effort.Preferred:
Additional graduate education in health administration, business, public health, or a related field.Experience leading Population Health programsReporting structure
Reports directly to NM SVP for Population Health and Primary CareAccountable to NM System CMO and NM System CFO