Primary Care Physician

Quick Facts

• Setting: 100% outpatient primary care

• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm

• Reporting: Reports to the Medical Director

• Compensation: Salary over $200,000/year

Description

You will deliver comprehensive primary care focused on wellness, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and timely follow-up. Responsibilities include managing referrals and follow-up urgency, ordering tests and ancillary services, maintaining complete documentation, and responding to patient calls by end of day. You will also support quality improvement and patient care programs and oversee assigned mid-level and nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Educate patients on wellness, prevention, and early detection; provide materials/resources to patients and families

• Determine required referrals and level of urgency based on examination and patient needs

• Exercise final medical judgment; prescribe treatments and clinical drugs

• Order studies, tests, and ancillary services

• Document all services in the patient medical record

• Complete office visit notes before the beginning of the next day

• Review and make judgments/sign consult notes, lab/diagnostic/ancillary, Pharmacy, Health Risk Assessment, Home Health, and DME requests before the next day from when they are placed in the clinician’s queue

• Return patient telephone calls by end of the same day

• Review cases requiring ongoing medical attention with MCCI Case Management/Acute Care Program

• Participate in quality improvement management, continuing education, and patient care programs

• Consult with the Medical Director and other professionals as needed

• Oversee assigned mid-level medical staff and nursing clinical staff

• Assist in resolution of complaints, requests, and patient inquiries

• Maintain confidentiality per federal and state requirements

• Apply diagnostic and procedural codes (CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10) and follow coding reimbursement regulations

• Initiate hospital admissions/discharges and complete required paperwork

• Complete age and disease-specific measures/testing required by NCQA/HEDIS

• Communicate effectively with diverse patients, families, staff, and the community

• Participate in patient retention and marketing activities as required

Requirements

• Degree in Internal Medicine/Family Practice from an accredited school

• Licensed to practice in the State of Georgia

• Board certified or eligible in primary care

• Minimum 2 years of direct work experience

• Current DEA registration

• Current DPS controlled substance registration

• Outpatient practice experience with HMO/managed care is helpful

Benefits

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance

• Flexible schedule

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance