Physician - Physician Advisor in Fort Wayne, Indiana at Parkview Physicians Group
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Job Description
Join our Team!
Parkview Health, the largest non-profit health system in northeast Indiana, is currently seeking a board eligible/board certified physician to join our Physician Advisor Team!
Specifics of the Role
Physicians will provide expertise related to management of care coordination, length of stay, level of care, patient flow, and ancillary service utilization. The PA conducts clinical reviews on cases referred by care management and/or other health care professionals to meet regulatory requirements and in accordance with the hospitals objectives for assuring quality patient care and effective, efficient utilization of health care services. The PA conducts peer to peer conversations with insurers to support the need for hospitalization. The PA acts as consultant to and resource for attending physicians regarding their decisions relative to appropriateness of hospitalization, continued stay, and use of resources. The PA serves as a resource for the clinical documentation improvement team as well.
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- Traditional Role/Days: Coverage 5 days a week from 8am-430 pm.
- On call coverage rotation is 1:4 for weekends will be 8am-430pm and is remote.
The Team
- Collegial group of physicians who are focused on supporting high-quality, evidence-based care.
- Our team is onsite and based out of Parkview Regional Medical Center campus, located on the north side of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- In 2014, Parkview invested more than $65 million into this hospital in the form of physical renovations, care model transformation and physician recruitment
- 185 beds
Parkview Regional Medical Center
- $575 million-dollar tertiary medical center opened its doors in 2012
- 600-bed state-of-the-art facility
- Closed ICU model
- Comprised of 10 hospitals, serving a patient population of 890,000 throughout 16 counties in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio
- Region’s largest employer with more than 1200 world class physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 17,000 co-workers that are committed to provided excellent care to every person, every day
- GME Program – Began in July 2022
- Utilizes EPIC as its EMR
- One of just a few Magnet designated health care systems in the country where each of its hospitals carry the distinct nursing designation!