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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