Family Medicine Opening in Columbus, NE
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Family Practice-Without OB
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
3/06/24
**Family Practice opening - Columbus, NE**
Located 80m to Omaha, 80m to Lincoln
J1/H1 Eligible
**Position Details**
- Full-time, permanent
- Immediate fill (0-180 days)
- Open to either new graduates or experienced physicians.
- Since 2002, Health Group has served as a vital resource for the medically underserved in northeastern Nebraska.
- Together with their co-located partner, Health Group operates two federally qualified health centers (FQHC), located in the small cities of Columbus and Fremont.
- While the primary service area of the two clinics encompasses seven counties, in 2021, the two clinics saw a total of 10,399 patients from over 45 zip codes.
- The current position is for the Columbus location.
- Clinic is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Extended hours are Wednesdays, when the clinic is open until 7 p.m.
- Support is one-on-one, and the clinics converted to NextGen in 2022.
- Many staff members are bilingual in Spanish/English, and a language interpreting system is used for patient/provider translation.
- Other support services include transportation to and from appointments using two new, handicapped accessible vans; an Outreach and Enrollment department that assists area residents who
want to/are eligible to enroll in the healthcare marketplace, Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs for which they may qualify.
- Telehealth services are also available for patients. This is an area that has expanded during
**Compensation**
- The salary range for the Physician is $88.62-$102.00/HR
- Excellent benefit package includes health insurance, sick time, paid vacation, paid CEU, paid holidays, liability coverage.
- Clinic is eligible for Student Loan repayment program through HRSA
**About the Group**
- In 2014, Health Group constructed a new building, and began seeing patients there in 2015.
- The 29,400 square foot, $6.7 million project doubled the size of the previous facility and allowed staff and programs, which had been
housed in three different Columbus locations, to be together in one building. 
- The majority of the new building is devoted to patient space.
- The clinical section of the shared facility has five provider bays, each with three exam rooms, an office, and a computer station.
- The dental clinic has seven operatories, and four behavioral health offices.
- The reception desk in the front entrance of the building has five medical office specialists, and there is a large patient waiting area as in the interior area of the building near the clinical space. - In Fall, 2020, Health Group remodeled a large, former storage shelled space, which is now a same-day clinic with two exam rooms and a reception desk.
- A newly remodeled lab, an x-ray room, and an on-site, contract pharmacy, Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy, round out the clinic facilities.
**Co-Location Details**
- Co-located with a state- approved district health department serving four surrounding counties with programs including tobacco cessation; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Early Development Network (EDN), a state program assisting families with children, ages 0-3, who have developmental disabilities; Vaccines for Children; mold and radon abatement; a Public Health Emergency Preparedness program and; the four-county areas infectious disease monitoring program.
- The co-location of these agencies offers increased opportunities to collaborate in providing needed services to area residents.
**Patients Served**
- Health Group has experienced growth in patient numbers in almost all of the last five years.
- 11% growth in patients between 2018 and 2019 (a slight decrease in patient numbers in 2020-2021 can be assumed to be an anomaly, just one effect of the COVID-19 pandemic), and there is potential for growth within the service area.
- Health Group is providing care to more than half (53%) of the uninsured patients in its seven-county service area, and is reaching 31% of low-income patients, and 12% of Medicaid patients, leaving over 40,000 people as potential patients.
- While it would not be realistic to suggest that 100% of those patients would choose the Health Group, there is clearly continued opportunity for growth.