Primary Care Physician-Lead

Company: HarmonyCares
Location: South Bend
Posted on: May 2, 2025

Job Description:

HarmonyCares is one of the nation's largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.
Our Mission - To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.
Our Shared Vision - Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.
Our Values - The way we care is our legacy. Empower and support each other.
Significant bonus potential based on team performance and outcomes
- Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance
-401K Retirement Plan (with match)
- CME and Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time
- Paid Orientation and Training
- No holidays/weekends
- Mobile diagnostic service and state-of-the-art technology

The Medical Pod Leader will be the clinical leader responsible for the clinical performance of clinical pod team members - to include: Accurate diagnosis and documentation, quality, patient experience, affordability, patient safety, clinical team dynamics, and provider productivity. The pod leader will be tasked with developing and maintaining close working relationships with all clinical team members in the clinical pod. The pod leader will also function as the collaborating physician for associated pod advanced practice providers (APPs). This position will have a dyad partnership with the Market Manager and market office staff.
Act as on-site supervising Physician for assigned APPs, and Physicians assigned to the POD (collaborating physician). Collaborative time will correlate to assigned APPs and Physicians
Participate in at least 1 ride along with all collaborative APPs per quarter
Provide a complex patient visit as needed for each APP under supervision
Collaborate with clinical team members associated with pod (Community Health Workers, Medical Social Workers, Nurse Navigators, Care Managers, Patient Care Coordinators, etc.)
Develop and participate in APP clinical development (Evidenced based care, professionalism, etc.)
Lead and participate in high-risk huddles and ensure all patients discussed have a plan of care documented and includes all care management team members
Act as resource for clinical team members for patient care questions/concerns and participate in difficult conversations with patients/family members as requested by team
Routinely conduct panel reviews with APPs
Sign DME, death certificates, and other orders as needed on behalf of APP (as regulated by state)
Frequently review Quality metrics, pod level performance and identify areas for improvement leading to superior Quality (HEDIS) performance
Frequently review clinician capacity and productivity performance. Partner with Site Medical Directors to develop countermeasures and support their implementation when provides are off track
Work collaboratively with Regional Medical Director (RMD) to identify opportunities for care improvement -
Assists with service inquiry, resolution of patient complaints and requests for Pod as needed
Participate in patient care to assigned panel and other patients as needed (High risk or complex patients, Physician face to face requirements, cognitive assessments, etc.)
Participate and lead clinical education regarding accurate diagnosis, documentation and management of chronic conditions
Responsible for discipline actions and performance reviews for direct reports
Additional duties as assigned by the Regional Medical Director as related to clinical pod performance and outcomes.
APPS
Patient Care Coordinator
Market Office Staff
Bachelor's Degree
Must be a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy
Active Medical License -
1 year of experience at HarmonyCares Medical Group
- HarmonyCares and HarmonyCares Hospice are not affiliated with Harmony Hospice Care. HarmonyCares Hospice does not conduct business in OH. HarmonyCares Hospice conducts business in MI, VA, WI, TX, IN, IL.

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