Regional Medical Officer

Your Opportunity

The Regional Medical Officer (RMO) is a strategic clinical leader responsible for overseeing Market Medical Directors and driving value-based care (VBC) transformation across their designated geographic area ("pod"). This role involves leading and mentoring Market Medical Directors, fostering provider collaboration, and working cross-functionally with Vytalize Health's leadership teams to implement high-impact clinical programs. The RMO ensures alignment with organizational objectives while optimizing practice performance (identifying and addressing practice-specific cost and utilization opportunities, accurate and complete documentation, quality of care, clinical recommendations as provided by Vytal Insights, and participation and engagement in Vytal Care and Vytal Network programs) and outcomes (decreased costs, improved health, increased shared savings).

Leadership & Supervision

• Train, coach, and mentor Market Medical Directors to expand their influence and engagement with primary care practices.
• Exercise supervisory responsibility and ultimate accountability for pod performance, ensuring clinical and financial success.
• Meet regularly with Market Medical Directors to troubleshoot practice challenges, provide strategic guidance, and offer ongoing support.
• Provide guidance and keep Market Medical Directors abreast of regulatory and compliance issues as they pertain to CMS regulations and ACO contractual obligations.

Performance Oversight & Continuous Improvement

• Regularly review key performance indicators and clinical utilization metrics delivered by Market Medical Directors, highlighting areas that require focus or additional motivation.
• Ensure productivity targets are met related to practice meetings, pod meetings, and internal assignments.
• Identify opportunities to improve practice workflows, healthcare utilization, and clinical documentation accuracy.
• Drive continuous performance improvements by analyzing data trends and implementing strategic interventions at a regional level.
• Work with Market Medical Directors to ensure ACO practice compliance with Vytal Signs gates including, but not limited to, EMR access, EMR integration, use of Vytalize VBC tools, and participation in clinical programs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Internal Strategy

• Work collaboratively across departments, including Regional Vice Presidents, Practice Transformation Managers, Risk & Quality Teams, and Product & Tech Teams, to align on value-based care strategies and clinical initiatives.
• Assess areas of greatest opportunity within ACO practices, identifying potential changes, enhancements, or new programs to optimize healthcare delivery.
• Promote value-based clinical strategy by supporting Vytalize Health's initiatives and lending clinical perspective to strategic discussions, including selection and prioritization of organization-wide initiatives.
• Provide clinical oversight for ongoing initiatives, shaping new strategies that align with evolving healthcare models and provider needs.

Provider Engagement & Best Practice Sharing

• Spread best practices across pods, sponsoring provider collaboration and knowledge-sharing sessions, particularly through pod meetings.
• Develop, refine, and propagate key initiatives, enabling Market Medical Directors to focus on direct physician engagement.
• Periodically present clinically (virtually or in person) to practices, reinforcing VBC principles and supporting PCP engagement.

Collaboration Across Vytalize Leadership Teams

• Collaborate across Vytalize's Central and Market Medical Directors to share achievements, refine strategies, and seek advice and feedback.
• Engage in ACO leadership meetings, contributing insights to refine national and regional healthcare initiatives.
• Attend and participate in Vytalize Physician Advisory Council meetings.

Education

• Medical degree (MD or DO). Board certification in a primary care specialty (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, or Pediatrics) preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role within an ACO or similar healthcare organization.

Licensure/Certifications

• Active medical license and board certification.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting.
• In-depth understanding of value-based care.
• Knowledge of healthcare cost management and utilization review processes.

Other

• Compensation will be based on a combination of base salary and performance-based incentives correlated to the value-based care success of the practices within the pod.
• Standard benefits provided.
• Hybrid work environment with a combination of remote and on-site work.
• This position may require in-person travel to various primary care practices within the ACO.

Perks/Benefits

• Competitive base compensation.
• Annual bonus potential.
• Health benefits effective on start date; 100% coverage for base plan, up to 90% coverage on all other plans for individuals and families.
• Health & Wellness Program; up to $300 per quarter for your overall well-being available on start date.
• 401K plan effective on the first of the month after your start date; 100% match of up to 4% of your annual salary.
• Unlimited (or generous) paid "Vytal Time," plus 5 paid sick days after your first 90 days.
• Company-paid STD/LTD.
• Technology setup.
• Ability to help build a market leader in value-based healthcare at a rapidly growing organization.

Important Note

Please note: At no time during our screening, interview, or selection process will we ask for additional personal information (beyond your resume) or account/financial information. We will also never ask you to purchase anything; nor will we ever interview you via text message. Any communication received from a Vytalize Health recruiter during your screening, interviewing, or selection process will come from an email ending in @vytalizehealth.com.