We are actively recruiting for an internal medicine physician to become the associate regional medical officer for one of America's largest managed healthcare organizations in Des Moines Iowa. The position is 70/30 clinical/administrative. The internal medicine physician will lead a team to build integrated, multi-disciplinary clinical teams to care for the most complex patients and currently serve nearly 200,000 patients in multiple states across Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial populations. We strive for excellence and have achieved significant and measurable improvement in total cost of care, clinical outcomes, and experience.

• Creates a comprehensive and coordinated plan of care across all settings including hospitals, clinics, and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), which take into account medical records, patient and family, primary care physicians, and specialists.
• Makes hospital rounds daily.
• Collaborates with hospitals and care management teams and reviews patients with case managers.
• Attends to patients in Care Centers and assists nurse practitioners in reviewing cases.
• Attends to patients in the SNFs and attends SNF meetings to review cases.
• On call nights and weekends as scheduled.
• Trains and oversees new Hospitalists.
• Develops and improves training practices and materials.
• Supports utilization review and management of subspecialty costs.
• Participates in the management of clinical divisions.
• Develops and maintains provider relationships.
• Partners with management in building Hospital and SNF contacts/partners within the ER, Case Management and administration.
• Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports