Home Health Physician (Primary Care)

Quick Facts

• Home-based primary care physician role covering the greater Flint, Michigan market
• Treat older adults and patients with complex medical issues
• Manage Nurse Practitioners: ~50% supervising and ~50% providing daily patient encounters (4–5)
• Monday–Friday schedule, typically finished seeing patients by ~2 pm with charting afterward

Description

Provide medical care in patients’ homes as part of a well-established home healthcare physician group. The model emphasizes comfort, autonomy, better outcomes, and higher patient satisfaction, with physicians traveling to homes and care communities to deliver care for older adults and complex medical needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver home-based healthcare services for older adults and patients with complex medical issues
• Supervise and manage Nurse Practitioners (about half of your time)
• Provide daily patient visits (4–5 encounters)
• Travel to individual homes, assisted living facilities, and independent living
• Use the practice EMR system and complete charting after visits

Requirements

• MD or DO
• Primary care experience
• Ability to provide home-based care for older adults and complex medical cases
• Ability to travel across the service area
• Ability to supervise/manage Nurse Practitioners
• Ability to work in an EMR-based documentation workflow

Benefits

• Generous base salary
• Sign-on bonus
• Incentive bonus based on readmission rates, admission rates, and avoiding unnecessary ER visits
• Call coverage via a service; emergency calls are rare
• Pod leader bonus for managing Nurse Practitioners