Assoc. Chief Medical Officer

About the role

The Associate Chief Medical Officer helps to lead execution of the clinical and operational portfolio for Atlantic ACO and Optimus Healthcare Partners (OHP). Reporting to and partnering closely with the CMO, the ACMO shares ownership of the design, build, and performance of the provider-facing technology, incentive models, clinical programs, and data assets through which that strategy is delivered.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and participate in the design of generative AI analytic tools, agents and technologies that improve ACO practice efficiencies and reduce administrative burdens.
• Support the use and expansion of Innovaccer, InNote CoPilot, and Epic CoPilot.
• Referral Management product — participate in the internal technical design and/or selection of a referral management product for ACO practices.
• Oversee development, implementation, operations, and impact analytics of the referral management product.
• Oversee unburdening of providers/practices from prior authorization and precertifications.
• Oversee the integration of Scribe technologies within ACO practices.
• Rewrite and promote the Performance Improvement Incentive Program model (PIIP).
• Develop meaningful ways to recognize and reward practice care teams.
• Engage in the development of specialty incentives and recognition.
• Evaluate ACO needs for population health managers, case managers, and centralization of services.
• Mandatory payer reporting — Medicare CQM, eCQM, Medicare Advantage, and Commercial SDR.
• Monitor and improve performance against each payer contract, escalating contract-level issues to the CMO for negotiation and remediation.
• Direct the ACO's data and analytics operations — the teams, resources, source systems, and reporting through which population health performance is measured.
• Work with the CMO on the enterprise data platform, governance, and vendor relationships.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree
• Board-Certification in an accredited medical specialty
• Advanced management degree (MBA, MHA, MMM) or certifications (CPE), preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in a value-based care setting, preferred
• Experience with population health analytics, quality reporting, and incentive model design, preferred