Medical Director
Stellar Health
About Stellar Health:
Historically, US Healthcare has relied on a fee-for-service reimbursement system where providers are paid based on the quantity of patient visits and procedures, rather than the quality of health outcomes.
At Stellar Health, we help primary care providers put patient health first. Our platform - a mix of technology, people, and analytics - supports providers at the point of care, delivering real-time patient information, activating practice staff, and empowering providers and care teams with incentives that reward the work they are already doing to keep patients healthy. Using the Stellar App, our web-based, point-of-care tool; practices receive a simple checklist of recommended actions that support the best quality care. Providers and care teams are then paid monthly for each action they complete, and Payors save money in reduced healthcare costs along the way.
Stellar is a US-based Health-tech backed by Top VCs (General Atlantic, Point72, & Primary Venture Partners) with an established product & proven operating model. We’ve shown that we make a real difference for physician practices and their patients.
About the position:
This role will report directly to the VBC Organizational Leader and work across product, operations, risk adjustment, quality and performance management teams. The Senior Medical Director is tasked with clinical management and oversight for Stellar’s MSSP ACO and risk-based payor contracts, inclusive of performance strategy and developing new interventions and levers to improve patient outcomes through Stellar’s Application and Incentive Model.
The Senior Medical Director will also spend ~20% of their time focused on Stellar’s Technology Platform business and supporting Customer and Provider Success Teams in executive engagement with key stakeholders at Payor and Provider entities.
This hire will thrive in a dynamic and growing environment and serve as a clinical leader to operational and product teams to serve as the voice of the provider as we build for success.
What you’ll do:
- Serve as Clinical Leader and advisor to ACO Leadership for strategy, growth, value-based incentive design and performance management
- Educate and mentor participating providers in value-based care and Stellar-supported performance workflows
- Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for provider engagement teams in working with practices to understand and influence clinical workflows and ensuring App adoption to optimize performance
- Engage Product in roadmap planning/development for optimizing app interventions for provider enablement based on analytics and medical economics findings
- Be the physician SME for risk adjustment, quality and total cost of care metrics and how to best enable physician engagement
- Support network development and physician group contracting
- Support actuary/analytics in Medical Economics analyses (clinical guide)
As Medical Director, you should have:
- Graduate of an accredited medical school MD or DO Degree is required
- Preferred licensure in one of the following states:
- IL, MI, MN, NY, PA, WV
- 3-5 years of full scope clinical practice experience
- 7+ years in healthcare/clinical leadership in VBC organization is preferred
- Start-up/tech experience preferred
- Deep understanding of clinical operations, managed care, value-based contracting and performance
- Deep experience working with physicians and influencing practice behavior
- Experience with medical economics and product/intervention development
- Track record of driving performance in value-based risk contracts
- Value-based performance strategy and contracting experience
- Experience/understanding of quality and risk adjustment programs
- You are an exceptional communicator, and are able to crisply articulate problems and solutions even when operating under uncertainty
Who will love this job:
- Individuals who love the entire journey of problem solving; embracing unstructured problems, developing a path forward, and executing against the plan, and measuring outcomes.
- Individuals who are curious by nature, and who have a deep desire to learn more about value-based care and about how a healthcare technology startup drives towards success
- Individuals who enjoy a high degree of autonomy and are unafraid to voice opinions in pursuit of finding a better way of doing things.
- Individuals who at their core want to be operators – but who also want strategic thinking and medium/long term planning to be a core part of their role.
- Detail-oriented individuals with the ability to think through complex healthcare problems.
- You have a deep passion for empowering the goals of value-based care in the primary care environment
- You care about care delivery and improving patient outcomes
- You are excited about and have experience building infrastructure from the ground up in a fast-paced environment
- You get things done and you love working in a dynamic environment
Pay:
The salary range for this role is $220,000 - 250,000 + an annual performance based bonus. Where a new hire falls within this range will be based on their individual skills and experience, and how these competencies compare across other employees in the same role. Stellar's bands are designed to allow for individual compensation growth within the role. As such, new hires typically start at the lower end of the range. Stellar rewards performance and outcomes - should you join the company, you will have the opportunity to grow your salary over time.
Perks & Benefits:
Stellar offers a carefully curated selection of wellness benefits and perks to our employees:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Universal Paid Family Leave
- Company sponsored One Medical memberships and Citibike memberships
- Medical Travel Benefits
- A monthly wellness stipend that gives employees the freedom to choose where they spend their cash, whether it be on wellness, pet care, childcare, WFH items, or charitable donations
- Stock Options & a 401k matching program
- Career development opportunities like Manager Training, coaching, and an internal mobility program
- A broad calendar of company sponsored social events that for our in-office and remote employees
Diversity is the key to our success. Stellar Health is an equal opportunity employer and we are open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
We believe that diverse teams -and the different identities, cultures, and life experiences our team members bring to the table- enable us to create amazing products, find creative solutions to interesting problems, and build an inclusive working environment.
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