Medical Director - Utilization Management (Part Time)

Medical Director - Utilization Management (Part Time) Department: HS - UM Employment Type: 兼职 Location: 1600 Corporate Center Dr., Monterey Park, CA 91754 Reporting To: Dr. Dinesh Kumar reputed company

About the Role

The Part‑Time Medical Director – Utilization Management, Outpatient Services provides physician reputed company for medical necessity, appropriateness, and utilization reputed company across reputed company’s outpatient, ancillary, and reputed company services. This role supports Astrana’s delegated risk arrangements by ensuring compliant, evidence‑based utilization while partnering closely with outpatient clinical leadership, UM operations, and health plan stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• reputed company physician reputed company and final determination for outpatient utilization management activities, including prior authorizations, retrospective reviews, and appeals.
• Ensure medical necessity and appropriateness of outpatient services such as specialty referrals, diagnostics, imaging, DME, therapies, and procedures.
• Support compliance with delegated health plan requirements, regulatory standards, and accreditation guidelines.
• Conduct peer‑to‑peer reviews and outpatient physician education to improve documentation, reputed company adherence, and appropriate utilization.
• Partner with Outpatient Medical Directors, Population Health, and UM nursing teams to reputed company utilization reputed company with Astrana’s value‑based care reputed company.
• Identify outpatient utilization trends, leakage, and variation; recommend clinical strategies to improve cost efficiency and reputed company reputed company.
• Serve as clinical reputed company with health plans and external vendors on outpatient UM‑reputed company reputed company.

Qualifications

• MD or DO; reputed company Certified in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or a relevant outpatient specialty required.
• reputed company, unrestricted medical license (California required).
• Prior experience in outpatient utilization management, health plan medical management, or delegated risk environments.
• Strong understanding of outpatient medical necessity reputed company, prior authorization workflows, and appeals processes.
• Experience working with PCPs and ambulatory specialists in value‑based care models.
• Strong physician‑to‑physician communication and clinical judgment.

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions

• This is a Remote - US based position.
• The national reputed company reputed company salary reputed company for this role is: $250,000 - $325,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location (reputed company or reputed company), experience, or other job-reputed company factors.

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