Medical Director - Kentucky Medicaid
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Position Summary:
Ready to take your Medical Director skills to the next level with a Fortune 6 company? Checkout this opportunity with Aetna, a CVS Health company!
Aetna operates Medicaid managed care plans in multiple states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia and Oklahoma.
This role supports the Aetna Better Health of Kentucky primarily, and the Southeast Region (FL, LA and WV).
This Medical Director will be a "Work from Home" position primarily supporting the Aetna Kentucky plan; but part of a centralized team that supports the Medical Management staff.
The Medical Director will ensure timely and consistent responses to members and providers related to precertification, concurrent review, and appeal request.
This position is primarily responsible for Utilization Management, including prior authorization and pre certification as well as concurrent review. Cases could focus on inpatient or outpatient, acute and post acute as well as peer to peer calls and first level appeals.
Required Qualifications:
- Five or more years of experience in Health Care Delivery System e.g., Clinical Practice and Health Care Industry.
- Active and current Kentucky state medical license without encumbrances as well as the ability to obtain a Florida, Louisiana and West Virginia.
- M.D. or D.O., Current and Active Board Certification in ABMS or AOA recognized specialty; including post-graduate direct patient care experience
- Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Specialty Preferred.
- Prior UM experience working at Health Plan / Insurer or experience as a Physician Advisor or working for an Independent Review Organization a Plus +
Preferred Qualifications:
-Health plan/payor Utilization Management / Review experience.
-Electronic medical systems/record experience.
-Managed Care experience.
-Medicaid experience.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$174,070.00 - $374,920.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
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Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
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