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Louisville, Kentucky

Primary Care Physician Lead

Primary CareIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$292k-$342k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Become a Part of Our Caring Community

Join a Team That's Redefining Senior Primary Care: Humana's Primary Care Organization is one of the largest and fastest-growing senior-focused, Value Base Care providers in the country.

With more than 340 centers across 15 states operating under the CenterWell and Conviva brands, we're transforming healthcare by placing seniors at the center of everything we do. We are looking for a Primary Care Physician Lead to join our team full-time.

This role is ideal for you if your compassionate, experienced clinician who succeeds in a collaborative, patient-centered environment and is committed to improving outcomes for adult and geriatric populations.

The Physician Lead: As a physician leader you will be responsible for guiding a team of clinicians within a designated market while maintaining an active patient panel. Partnering closely with the Associate Medical Director (AMD), Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and operational leaders, the Physician Lead drives clinical excellence, supports value-based care initiatives, and helps ensure exceptional patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Provide leadership, mentorship, and clinical oversight to physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

  • Support the execution of the market's clinical strategy, quality initiatives, and Model of Care.
  • Maintain required supervisory and collaborative agreements in accordance with state regulations.
  • Coach and educate clinicians on best practices, quality measures, and evidence-based medicine.
  • Conduct chart reviews and identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
  • Assist with provider recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.
  • Address complex clinical, operational, and patient-related concerns.
  • Identify opportunities to improve care delivery, optimize specialist networks, and manage healthcare costs.
  • Participate in provider committees, quality improvement programs, and strategic initiatives.
  • Serve as a clinical resource and advocate for patients, providers, and the organization.

Direct Patient Care

  • Provide comprehensive primary care services and manage an assigned patient panel.
  • Promote preventive care, wellness, and chronic disease management.
  • Order and interpret diagnostic tests and develop treatment plans.
  • Maintain accurate and timely medical documentation.
  • Prescribe medications and treatments consistent with evidence-based guidelines.
  • Participate in backup call coverage as needed.

Use your skills to make an impact

Why You'll Love Working with Us

Team-Based Care Model: Collaborate with a diverse team focused on whole-person care—physical, emotional, and social.

More Time with Patients: Enjoy a lower daily patient volume to foster deeper relationships and deliver more personalized care.

  • Supportive Culture: Work in a welcoming, inclusive environment that values teamwork, innovation, and learning.
  • Work-Life Balance: Benefit from PTO, minimal call responsibilities, and dedicated CME time.

Required Qualifications

  • Current and unrestricted medical license in the state of practice.
  • Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university.
  • Board Certification or Eligibility in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine with continued certification throughout employment.
  • Minimum 5+ years' of clinical practice experience.
  • 2+ years' experience leading/supervising providers and APPs in a clinical setting.
  • EMR proficiency or ability to become proficient in the existing EMR.
  • Must be willing to participate in a quarterly limited on-call coverage by phone.

Preferred Qualifications

Specialty training in an Outpatient clinical setting in Primary Care, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatrics.

  • Experience working in a Value-Based Care settings.
  • Proficiency with electronic health records Athena Health.
  • Active and unrestricted DEA license.

Experience managing Medicare Advantage panel of patients with understanding of Best Practice in coordinated care environment.

Work Environment

  • Compensation package including sign-on bonus, relocation assistance, and comprehensive benefits.
  • Outpatient clinical setting.
  • Standard schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

TB Statement

This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.

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Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$292,000 - $341,500 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work.

Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Us

About CenterWell Senior Primary Care

CenterWell Senior Primary Care provides proactive, preventive care to seniors, including wellness visits, physical exams, chronic condition management, screenings, minor injury treatment and more.

Our unique care model focuses on personalized experiences, taking time to listen, learn and address the factors that impact patient well-being.

Our integrated care teams, which include physicians, nurses, behavioral health specialists and more, spend up to 50 percent more time with patients, providing compassionate, personalized care that brings better health outcomes.

We go beyond physical health by also addressing other factors that can impact a patient’s well-being.

About CenterWell, a Humana company: CenterWell is a leading healthcare services business focused on creating integrated and differentiated experiences that put our patients at the center of everything we do. The result is high-quality healthcare that is accessible, comprehensive and, most of all, personalized.

As the largest provider of senior-focused primary care, a leading provider of home healthcare and a leading integrated home delivery, specialty, hospice and retail pharmacy, CenterWell is focused on whole health and addressing the physical, emotional and social wellness of our patients.

CenterWell is part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Learn more about what we offer at CenterWell.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.

This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an unrestricted medical license and be board certified or eligible in Family, Internal, or Geriatric Medicine. A minimum of 5 years of clinical experience and 2 years of leadership experience is required.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipTeam mentorshipChart reviewStaff supervisionPatient advocacy

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 54% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$317k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $351k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Center Well ranks #7 of 13 employers hiring Primary Care on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 737 active listings.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician Lead at Center Well a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,832 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
38% this job
Loan repayment
26%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,322 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k≈ 0.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,353/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Center Well

Hospitals and Health Care
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus
Relocation Assistance
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
PTO
Paid Holidays