Chief of Primary Care & Population Health Director - AHG/Baptist (50+ clinics)

Our firm has been retained to recruit a Primary Care physician executive for Arkansas Health Group (AHG). AHG, in partnership with the Baptist Health system, employs 700 physicians and advanced practice providers in across 12 hospitals and >120 clinical practice groups. Based in the capital city of Little Rock, the Primary Care Chief/Medical Director will have oversight of ~50 Primary Care Clinics across the state of Arkansas and partner with the Population Health organization to extend value-based care across the clinical network.

Highlights and Responsibilities:
- No Direct Patient Care Required (up to 20% if preferred)
- Supervisory oversight of 50+ clinical primary care practices & approximately 200 providers
- Direct interaction and partnership with the Population Health Service Organization providing oversight and implementation of value-based care contracts and delivery of care
- Oversee the development and maintenance of a quality improvement process for each primary care practice and all providers. Lead the effort to evaluate each clinic for opportunities and needs for growth to add providers
- Lead the effort to evaluate the potential need for, develop, and open new clinics in new locations
- Provider workforce planning and recruitment, as well as the planning and delivery of provider onboarding.

Preferred qualifications:
- 5+ years of leadership experience in an outpatient primary care setting; health plan/payor experience will also be considered
- Proficiency and successful experience implementing population health and value-based care principles and/or contracts
- Must be commutable to Little Rock, AR

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