Primary Care Physician Opportunity in Ohio | Columbus & Cincinnati | $300K+ Potential | Value-Based Care

Lead Primary Care Physician

Healthcare United is seeking a Lead Primary Care Physician for outpatient, value-based primary care opportunities in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. This is an excellent opportunity for a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine physician who is interested in a mission-driven primary care model with smaller patient panels, longer patient visits, strong team support, and a focus on improving outcomes for medically complex patient populations. The physician will provide direct outpatient primary care while also serving as a clinical leader within an interdisciplinary care team. This role is ideal for a provider who enjoys patient care, team collaboration, population health, chronic disease management, and helping reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions. The care model is built around whole-person care, strong provider support, care coordination, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, nursing, and clinical leadership.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide outpatient primary care to adult patients in a value-based care setting
• Manage chronic conditions, preventive care, acute visits, post-hospital follow-up, and ER follow-up
• Lead and collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team
• Support APPs, nurses, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, nutrition, and care management teams
• Help develop care plans for medically complex patients
• Participate in population health huddles and quality improvement initiatives
• Work to reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions
• Support transitional care planning across the continuum of care
• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to providers and staff
• Use data, EHR tools, and quality metrics to improve patient outcomes
• Serve as a clinical leader within the local market

Requirements:

• MD or DO degree required
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Active or eligible for an unrestricted Ohio medical license
• Primary care, outpatient medicine, community health, FQHC, or value-based care experience preferred
• Clinical leadership experience preferred
• Experience mentoring physicians, APPs, or care teams preferred
• Comfortable caring for medically complex and underserved patient populations
• Strong communication, leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a team-based, outcomes-driven care model

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation with $300K+ potential
• Cincinnati role may include signing bonus up to $50,000
• Full-time outpatient schedule Monday-Friday schedule
• Smaller patient panels, generally around 10-12 patients per day
• Longer patient visits and stronger provider-patient relationships
• Value-based care model with strong team support
• Interdisciplinary support including behavioral health, pharmacy, nursing, social work, nutrition, and care management
• Opportunity to combine direct patient care with clinical leadership
• Mission-driven work with medically complex patient populations
• Supportive outpatient environment focused on quality outcomes

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