Physician Advisor

Job Shift: Days

Job Type: Full Time

The Physician Advisor (PA) has responsibility for providing medical staff leadership to the Utilization Management Committee (UMC) and functions of the Case Management (CM) and Health Information Management (HIM)/Clinical Documentation Improvement Departments. The PA leads and promotes processes for patients to receive medically necessary and high quality care throughout the continuum of care. The PA also assists in reducing the financial risks associated with denials that are due to providing medically unnecessary or preventable services and extended length of stays.
Additionally, the Physician Advisor provides ongoing education and in-service instruction programs for the Hospital's medical staff (including residents and fellows in academic medical centers), nursing and ancillary personnel related to coding/clinical documentation improvement, compliance, and utilization management and quality issues. Further, th...