Henry Ford Health

Key Responsibilities

• • Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills.
• • Coordinates discharge planning with case management.
• • Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
• • Accepts patient referrals from other physicians.
• • Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.
• • Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.
• • Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
• • Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.