Physician Advisor - Baptist Hospital of Miami, Administration, Full Time,8:30am-5pm

Company: Baptist Health South Florida
Location: Miami
Posted on: June 4, 2025

Job Description:

Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 25 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact - because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in.Description:The Physician Advisor (PA) serves as a clinical resource to the medical staff and CM/SW by providing identification, facilitation and resolution of utilization issues. The PA role has a matrix reporting structure which includes Corporate Physician Advisor and Corporate CQIO, as well as entity CMO and CEO. The Physician Advisor addresses the following issues: Federal and state compliance, documentation supporting coding/medical necessity/clinical validation, appropriate level of care, length of stay, hospital utilization and quality issues. In collaboration with admitting physician, healthcare team, and case management , the PA proactively manages cases at the point of entry and through the hospital stay , to ensure the patient is placed in the proper level of care classification based on medical necessity, severity of illness and risk of mortality . The PA ensures compliance with CMS for appropriate billing . The PA conducts post-discharge reviews related to payer audits. Promotes understanding and cooperation between the medical staff through communication, collaboration and education. Facilitate improvements in clinical practice to achieve better performance, improved cost, reduced length of stay, fewer readmissions, and superior patient care.Qualifications:Degrees:Doctor of Medicine / DO.Licenses & Certifications:ABQAURP Physician Advisor Sub-Specialty Certification.Additional Qualifications:Certification as Physician Advisor by a national physician advisor organization or American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians [ABQAURP] certification or similar must be obtained within one year of hire.A minimum of 3 years' work experience as practicing physician, with experience performing case reviews, and experience using MCG and/or InterQual criteria.Knowledge on application of CMS 2 Midnight Rule, and Condition of Participation, and inpatient billing requirements .Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with critical thinking and professional composure.Ability to understand and follow instructions.Ability to exercise sound and independent judgment.Knowledge and skill in use of job appropriate technology and software applications.Maintains additional education in CMS guidelines, quality and utilization management through continuing medical education programs and self-study.Minimum Required Experience: 3 yearsMaintains active Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine(DO) license. If license is not a state of Florida license, active State ofFlorida License must be obtained within one year of hire/job entry.Certification as Physician Advisor by a national physician advisororganization or American Board of Quality Assurance and UtilizationReview Physicians [ABQAURP] certification or similar must be obtainedwithin one year of hire. A minimum of 3 years work experience aspracticing physician, with experience performing case reviews, andexperience using MCG and/or Interqual criteria. Knowledge onapplication of CMS 2 Midnight Rule, and Condition of Participation, andinpatient billing requirements. Ability to analyze, organize and prioritizework accurately while meeting multiple deadlines. Ability to communicateeffectively in both oral and written form. Ability to handle difficult andstressful situations with critical thinking and professional composure.Ability to understand and follow instructions. Ability to exercise soundand independent judgment. Knowledge and skill in use of jobappropriate technology and software applications. Maintains additionaleducation in CMS guidelines, quality and utilization managementthrough continuing medical education programs and self-study.EOE, including disability/vetsby Jobble

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