Physician - Rheumatology

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care to patients at the practice site in accordance with evidence based treatment guidelines in a rheumatology office setting.
• Delivers specialized care and provides consultative services as requested by primary care and other subspecialist physicians.
• Develops and works within a team approach for management of patients with chronic connective tissue and other related disease states.
• Interacts with patients and families to keep them informed and engaged in the decisions and direction of their health care.
• Provides counseling education and resource information on wellness, prevention of illness and health maintenance.
• Refers patients as appropriate for specialty care services and educational training as appropriate for their conditions.
• Uses disease registries to identify gaps and out of range values in care delivery to utilize support services and care managers to improve metrics of healthcare status.
• Participates in improving perceived and actual access to care for patients through participation in process improvement to deliver same day appointments and extended hours of availability.
• Works with the process team to improve efficiencies of care delivery in the office setting to utilize “top of license” care by the office team.
• Maintains, monitors and ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient encounter records to meet criteria set forth by HH coding guidelines, CMS, HIPAA and other governmental regulations.
• Works with district physician referral committees to provide appropriate and timely access to rheumatology care.
• Participates in clinical integration within HH including process improvement, working with care managers, and coordinating transition of care to specialists and inpatient services.
• Provides timely follow up following inpatient discharge for transition of care to the outpatient setting.
• Acts in a fiscally responsible manner. Strives to deliver value (quality/cost) to the patient by giving the right care by the right individual at the right time.
• Regularly attends Physician Network meetings and events.

Qualifications

• M.D. or D.O - Required
• Board Certified or eligible - Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required
• Current AZ or other compact state Medical license. - Required