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Behavioral Health Medical Director

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CVS Health

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United States , Work at Home

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Salary:

174070.00 - 374920.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. Aetna, a CVS Health Company, is one of the oldest and largest national insurers. That experience gives us a unique opportunity to help transform health care. We believe that a better care system is more transparent and consumer-focused, and it recognizes physicians for their clinical quality and effective use of health care resources. This is a remote-based (work from home) role.

Job Responsibility:

  • Provide leadership and day-to-day physician oversight for utilization management team, including the management of high-risk cases and medical necessity decisions
  • Provide comprehensive behavioral health care management to facilitate delivery of appropriate quality care and improve program/operational efficiency involving clinical issues
  • Participate in the appeals process, including the investigation of adverse events and quality of care concerns
  • Provide psychiatric leadership to an interdisciplinary utilization management team, including medical/clinical oversight, consultation and training
  • Provide day-to-day physician oversight including management of high-risk cases throughout treatment/levels of care and medical necessity decisions
  • Assist with the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the utilization management program and action plan, ensuring quality and appropriateness of care
  • Assist with the development, implementation and interpretation of medical policy including medical necessity criteria, clinical practice guidelines and new technology assessments
  • Participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical/medical programs
  • Confer with behavioral health practitioners regarding the care of patients with severe, complex and/or treatment resistant illnesses
  • Identify and address quality of care concerns with providers involved in a member's care
  • Provide psychiatric leadership for NCQA-compliant clinical quality improvement activities in collaboration with clinical and quality improvement staff
  • Participate in the triage and referral for care management
  • Provide weekend coverage every 6-7 weeks
  • Perform other duties as deemed necessary

Requirements:

  • Board Certification in Psychiatry
  • Active and current state medical license without encumbrances, and ability to obtain other state licenses

Nice to have:

  • Minimum 5 years of clinical practice experience in the health care delivery field as a psychiatrist
  • Experience with managed care, as a provider and manager of care utilization review or physician advisor experience
  • Child/Adolescent Board Certification
What we offer:
  • Affordable medical plan options
  • 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Family leave
  • Dependent care resources
  • Colleague assistance programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • Retiree medical access

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 04, 2026

Expiration:
March 31, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Remote work
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