Institute Vice President, Women's & Pediatric (AHN)

About the role

The Institute Vice President, Women’s and Pediatric will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer, Allegheny Clinic and work in lockstep with the individual Physician Chairpersons of our Women’s and Pediatric Institutes. The successful candidate interacts closely with practice operations, Division Chiefs, System Chairs and hospital leaders to ensure stability, growth and the financial success of the Institute.

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with physician and hospital leadership to establish strategy and yearly performance goals for each division/department.
• Works closely with respective chairs/chiefs of departments/divisions on issues related to care alignment, business development, physician productivity, contract management, revenue enhancement, capital and operating budgets including departmental service line budget development, variance analysis and expense monitoring.
• Prepares and presents business case/plans for new initiatives and partners with hospital leadership to ensure institute and capital needs are captured within market/region across AHN entities.
• Assists with the development and oversight of the annual physician budget and collaborates with hospital finance leaders, AC and AHN finance leaders in the management of physician practice performance.
• Analyzes trends impacting volume, revenues and expenses. Makes recommendations to allow for the Women’s and Pediatric Institutes’ continued success; establishes revenue and expense targets; develops and provides objective criteria for measuring existing and new business opportunities.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of clinical reimbursement, federal and state regulations, and managed care issues. Identifies opportunities to optimize clinical reimbursement and implements new policies and procedures as necessary.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of the changing health care environment and evaluates the market need for specific clinical services or programs.
• Collaborates with the Physician President, Allegheny Clinic, and department chairs to integrate programs and services.
• Responds timely to requests for information and acts as the initial contact point for all institute requests across all AHN entities as it pertains to physician services.
• Provides leadership to physician recruitment and development functions in collaboration with hospital leadership, AC leadership and AHN.
• Identifies and maintains physician recruitment needs across AHN, and implements strategic initiatives needed for the retention, replacement, and expansion of physician resources to satisfy institute needs.
• Works with the Physician Chairs to develop and negotiate new contracts for physicians joining Allegheny Clinic and affiliated entities and renewal contracts for existing physicians employed by Allegheny Clinic, as well as external entities interested in contracting services.
• In consultation with and incorporating input from clinical leaders, physicians and staff, conceives, plans and executes proactive strategic initiatives that enable the institute to continuously improve patient and physician satisfaction, expand market segments and respond to emerging market opportunities; participates in marketing and promotional initiatives within the institute, developing marketing campaigns, implementing programs and reporting on measured results.
• Identifies and oversees clinical issues as areas for quality improvement processes.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5+ years’ experience in progressive leadership roles within an integrated health system.
• Experience working collaboratively with community-based providers is required.
• Excellent financial skills with a strong business, quality, mission, and results-focused orientation; has successful record of growing programs, services, market share, and profitability; P&L experience managing a multi-site medical group.
• Strong, positive track record in physician/medical staff relationships.
• Experience in a value-driven organization, demonstrating high levels of quality/clinical outcomes, service, productivity, and efficient operations.
• Experience with IT systems; electronic health records (EHR) and computerized physician order entry (CPOE).
• A successful track record of acting as a change agent within an organization.
• Highly experienced in using, developing and implementing benchmarks and other tools that improve operating, financial and service performance.
• Exceptional physician relations skills and experience working collaboratively with employed or private medical groups.
• Knowledge of national physician practice trends, policies, and issues affecting physician practices.
• Familiarity with risk, managed care, capitation, ACO development, and population health management.