EVP & President Physician Enterprise

Purpose of the Position

This is an outstanding opportunity for an innovative physician leader to work with a system embracing innovation as an organizational and cultural transformation effort rather than simply a technology initiative.

Reporting directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the health system, the Executive Vice President (EVP) and President, Physician Enterprise, will lead the advancement of the physician enterprise into a mature, cohesive and contemporary multi-specialty enterprise which is fully integrated across the health system.

This executive will serve as a strategic leader and will be instrumental in driving this transformational culture which is focused on delivering high-quality care, prioritizing patient-centered care, and patient access.

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise will partner with the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Health System Officer to drive organizational performance through the use of technology to improve workflows for clinicians while simplifying access for patients.

The opportunity extends beyond the employed medical group. A critical responsibility will be to develop an enterprise-wide physician strategy that effectively engages and aligns independent, affiliated, and employed physicians around Atlantic Health’s growth, access, quality, value, and service line priorities.

Recognizing the importance of independent physicians to Atlantic Health’s market position, this leader will work deliberately to build trust, address historical points of friction, and create mutually beneficial models of partnership and alignment.

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise will further position the organization to succeed in a rapidly evolving market, emphasizing the importance of a strong operating infrastructure that will support the overall system’s goals of promoting operational efficiency. This leader will also be accountable for providing strong leadership, partnership, and oversight of the Service Lines.

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise will have demonstrated experience in creating a cohesive and collaborative practice culture which prides itself on being the preeminent leader with regard to patient access, quality, safety, and world-class patient experience.

Overall, the EVP and President, Physician Enterprise must be a consummate communicator and nurture relationships proactively over time. They will continually need to engage, re-sell and re-influence along the way to solidify commitment and execution on needed changes. This can require courageous conversations and taking issues head-on.

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise will be a key member of the senior executive team, participating in all long- and short-term strategic planning.

They will bear bottom- line responsibility for the growth, operational, financial performance, and success of the physician enterprise.

Direct reports include the Senior Vice President, Clinical Service Lines, Senior Vice President, Service Line Operations, Vice President, Population Health and President, Accountable Care, Vice President, Physician Business Development, Vice President, Operations Atlantic Medical Group.

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise portfolio will encompass physician enterprise strategy, physician practice operations, ambulatory physician and advanced practice provider strategy, population health and accountable care, value-based care, physician alignment, physician compensation and recruitment, and physician-facing service line strategy.

This role will work closely with the system Chief Medical Officer, whose primary responsibilities encompass clinical excellence, quality and patient safety, research, and medical education. The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise will focus on physician enterprise strategy, physician practice operations, growth, alignment, productivity, provider compensation and recruitment, value-based care, and the development of an integrated operating model across employed and independent physician partners.

Responsibilities

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise is responsible for leading the strategic direction, growth, alignment, and operational and financial performance of the physician and advanced practice provider enterprise.

This executive will oversee physician practice operations, provider productivity, compensation strategy, recruitment, population health, value-based care, accountable care and physician alignment initiatives.

In partnership with the Chief Medical Officer and other clinical leaders, the executive will support improvements in quality, patient experience, access, care standardization, and clinical outcomes while ensuring cost-effective, high-quality care for patients and consumers.

The EVP and President, Physician Enterprise will be expected to have made measurable progress or achieved the following key objectives within the first 6 to 12 months. The goals represent some of these challenges (not listed in order of priority).

Key Objectives in First 6-12 Months

• Build strong, trusting relationships with the Executive team members (CEO, CHSO, CMO, CFO, CAO, CNE, CIO, and CLO) in addition to all members of the clinical enterprise. Seek to understand where the EVP and President, Physician Enterprise can provide key knowledge and insights to foster and lead the future clinical vision.
• Effectively partner with HR, Finance, IT, Revenue Cycle and other functions as needed to implement improvement plans.
• Provide sound fiscal leadership to include administration of a successful physician compensation program.
• Be a visible leader, creating functional committees to strategically position the organization as a stable, unified medical group that is recognized as a clinical leader in the community.

Nature and Scope

• Develop personal and professional credibility across the system and within the community; gain respect and build trust internally and externally.
• Coordinate the development of a strategic plan with stakeholders, hospital leadership, service line leadership, employed and affiliated physicians.
• Monitor external environment/industry to ensure capabilities are market-leading to advance health in the population.
• Deliver efficiency and effectiveness in the physician practices through implementation of the standard management approach and investment models that can be measured by improved financial performance of all physician groups.

Delivers top decile patient/customer experience.

• Educate and influence to bring others along to a new way of thinking (i. e., focus on value versus volume, changing models of care, reducing variation, optimizing facility and staffing decisions).
• Leading through influence, not power – building relationships across physicians and key stakeholders, both internally and externally.

Role Specific Duties

Creating a Cohesive, Trustworthy, and Engaged Culture

• Continue to strengthen relationships with members of the medical group, independent physician groups, engaging the providers in the delivery of high-quality care which is cost effective and patient focused. Develop and hone a team of high functioning physician leaders throughout the medical group.
• Establish a consistent and credible engagement model for independent and affiliated physicians, listening to concerns, repairing relationships where needed, and creating transparent mechanisms through which physicians can help shape enterprise strategy.
• Analyze expansion plans for further integration of new practices; develop a unified culture which reflects the overall strategic goals of the system.
• Strategically determine any additional opportunities for expansion within current services or new service lines. Engages physicians in process improvement and the dissemination of best practices across geographic boundaries.
• Develop a smooth process for the onboarding of new clinical partners.
• Sets challenging and productive goals for team; holds team accountable for actions while providing leadership and motivation.
• Provides resources and support for the enablement of strong physician performance.
• Uses checkpoints and data to track progress, setting up systems and processes to measure results.

Strategic and Operational Leadership

• Partners with system level executive leadership and collaborative partners to refine and lead the overall strategy, studying the medical market and monitoring the competitive landscape to ensure potential opportunities are appropriately addressed.
• Strengthen and align the business and clinical objectives across the continuum, positioning for the future of healthcare.
• Advance Financial Performance and Enhance Operational Efficiency.
• Provide strategic leadership to strengthen the financial foundation of the medical group. Guide initiatives that improve clinical operations, reduce overhead costs, and support sustainable growth. Foster a culture of accountability and data-informed decision-making across physician leadership to ensure alignment with organizational goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor performance metrics and implement solutions that balance fiscal responsibility with high-quality care delivery.
• Lead the ongoing evolution of physician compensation models to support productivity, quality, access, growth, value-based care, and enterprise alignment.
• Advance physician and advanced practice provider workforce planning, recruitment, deployment, retention, and succession strategies in support of service line and market priorities.
• Evaluate current operations, policies and processes, identifying opportunities to fortify commonalities and negotiate differences to further advance clinical operations and integration.
• Monitors clinical and performance outcomes via benchmark analysis and facilitates accountability via defined expectations and goals, ensuring consistency of care across all clinical pract