Medical Director-Physical Health

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance and oversight for physical health service requests, including authorization of services and determination of appropriate level of care.
• Ensure the integrity and quality of utilization management activities, including initial reviews, concurrent reviews, appeals, and level of care determinations for inpatient and outpatient services.
• Participate in internal reviews of inpatient and outpatient clinical case types to ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards.
• Review approval and denial of service and level of care requests, applying medical necessity criteria utilizing review criteria hierarchy for level of care and services regarding type, amount, and duration of service.
• Complete expected case volume as expected by the department.
• Follow department processes—defined by approved Alliance policies, desk procedures, and workflows referenced on the Alliance Grid and in the Medical Director OneNote—to complete timely utilization reviews in Alliance’s UM platform and perform tasks efficiently.
• Apply established workflows and maintain quality case reviews to ensure consistent decision making, documentation accuracy, and adherence to regulatory compliance.
• Support the Clinical Operations Department through active participation in organizational committees, including but not limited to Clinical Quality Review, Transition of Care Rounds, Overturn Committee.
• Provide clinical guidance and leadership to promote collaboration between medical, behavioral, and care management teams.
• Participate in mediation activities and Office of Administrative Hearing (OAH) processes as required, providing clinical expertise and documentation support.

Requirements

• M.D./D.O. degree with board certification in a relevant field.
• At least four (4) years of postgraduate clinical experience and two (2) or more years of managed care and utilization management experience.
• Current, active, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in North Carolina or meets qualifications to obtain a North Carolina Medical License with Board certification for appropriate field of Medicine (American Board of Family Medicine or American Board of Internal Medicine).