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The Regional Medical Director for Care and Value (C&V) is a key member of the leadership team who shares responsibility for decision-making and outcomes around affordability and utilization programs and metric performance. The C&V RMD is involved in strategic leadership, organizational direction and operational support for all affordability performance activities throughout the Florida Organization. Working in collaboration with Market Medical Directors, employed clinic Medical Directors and other cross-functional team leaders, actively leads discussions to identify best practices and provides education to improve patient outcomes and strengthen performance for our population. This role will support WellMed Florida and Optum Florida in achieving affordability and utilization targets.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership, administrative support, management support and strategic planning direction to the Care Management department and Network management department in conjunction with cross-functional team leaders
• Develops and maintain a collegial relationship with physicians (employed and contracted) in order to support the affordability efforts of the organization
• Drives consistent, efficient processes and shares best practices with enterprise and regional leadership to meet or exceed affordability targets
• Support Care Management initiatives around Hospital Steerage, use of value-based care hospitalists and development of a SNF network to name a few
• Support Network Management in development of a local network for care providers
• Act as a FL liaison and champion for rollout of new processes and initiatives. Also, represent FL on regional and national calls around affordability as needed
• Drives improvement of performance indicators by identifying, directing, and executing continuous quality improvement activities or processes
• Work cross-functionally with leaders from Quality and Risk Adjustment in order to drive high-level performance across all pillars of value-based care for our organization
• Perform education for both clinicians and non-clinicians around affordability programs and how to best improve performance and overcome barriers to success
• Leads the short and long-term planning process and drives prioritization to meet the enterprises goals
• Participate in work groups and committees (internal and external), as needed
• Collaborates with Market Operations staff in the market(s)
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.)
• Active, unrestricted medical license in applicable state(s), or ability to obtain licenses rapidly
• Current Board Certification
• 5+ years of clinical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of managed care experience, preferably in a value-based care environment
• 3+ years of experience with IPA/Contracted networks in a value-based care environment with Medicare Advantage membership
• 3+ years of experience as a Medical Director

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $383,977 to $561,553 annually. Salary Range is defined as total cash compensation at target. The actual range and pay mix of base and bonus is variable based upon experience and metric achievement. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.