Medical Director Education, Quality, Compliance and Advocacy

JOB SUMMARY

The Medical Director for Education, Quality, Compliance and Advocacy has primary responsibility for reviewing, developing, and implementing industry leading training focused on the physician and nurse practitioner role within Pennant. He/She leads out on the direct 1:1 training and education of agency medical directors and nurse practitioners. He/she serves as a resource to the quality, compliance and denials management team with a focus on the medical director and nurse practitioner performance improvement. This Medical Director also leads out on the physician and nurse practitioner related advocacy efforts in collaboration with other department leaders.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a member of the Physician Council

• Manage the training and education of hospice medical directors and nurse practitioners including onboarding, annual and audit-driven training.

• Serve as a resource to Portfolio Clinical Leaders and DCE’s to support hospice agency focused quality and compliance improvement projects.

• Support the DCE’s in developing and publishing internal hospice best practice education.

• Serve as a resource to the Denials Management team and support external hospice audit response efforts.

• Support Pennant in its advocacy efforts across the industry.

• Lead internal efforts to improve the clinical quality and performance of hospice medical directors and nurse practitioners.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Physician with greater than 5 years of experience in home health and hospice, preferably serving as hospice medical director.

• Preferred HMDC or equivalent board certification.

• Prior hospice leadership experience preferred