Henry Ford Health
The physician will evaluate and treat patients using appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills, coordinate discharge planning, and participate in efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care. The role includes accepting patient referrals, acting as admitting or consulting physician for hospitalized patients, participating in academic programs, and providing documentation that meets insurance requirements.
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
Required
- • Completion of an accredited Family Medicine program and board certified/eligible Family Medicine
- • Willingness to be flexible and work well as an integral member of the health care team
Preferred
- • 1-2 years of recent and relevant experience as a primary care physician preferred, but willing to consider and help mentor a new Family Medicine graduate
Company overview
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Headquarters: Detroit, MI
Founded: 1915
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About the company
*Job seekers: please be aware of fraudulent job postings and phishing scams via LinkedIn. Henry Ford Health only contacts applicants through our human resources department and via a corporate email address. Here are some tips to be aware of: http://ow.ly/Kc0o50EKory Serving communities across Michigan and beyond, Henry Ford Health is committed to partnering with patients & members along their entire health journey. Henry Ford Health provides a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care, to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care & other healthcare retail. It is one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, recognized for clinical excellence in cancer care, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, and multi-organ transplants. Consistently ranked among the top five NIH-funded institutions in Michigan, Henry Ford Health engages in thousands of research projects annually. Equally committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, Henry Ford Health trains more than 4,000 medical students, residents and fellows every year across 50+ accredited programs. With more than 50,000 valued team members, Henry Ford Health is also among Michigan’s largest and most diverse employers. President and CEO Bob Riney leads the health system and serves a growing number of customers across more than 550 sites across Michigan. That includes: 13 acute care hospitals; 3 behavioral health facilities including two world-class addiction treatment centers; a state-of-the-art orthopedics and sports medicine facility; multiple cancer care destinations including the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion, Henry Ford Health’s premier location in Detroit; & more options than ever for primary care for patients and families across the region.
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
- Completion of an accredited Family Medicine program and board certified/eligible Family Medicine
- Willingness to be flexible and work well as an integral member of the health care team
- 1-2 years of recent and relevant experience as a primary care physician preferred, but willing to consider and help mentor a new Family Medicine graduate
Additional Information
- Organization: Henry Ford Genesys Ambulatory Health Services
- Department: AMG Atherton Rd
- Henry Ford Health Location: Ascension Medical Group MI
- Shift: Day Job
- Union Code: Not Applicable
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