Medical Director - Integrated Primary Care

Summary

Join Firefly Health, a revolutionary healthcare company, as a Medical Director-Integrated Primary Care! This dual-role position blends direct patient care (75%) with leadership and strategic initiatives (25%). You will oversee and mentor a team of physicians, collaborate with health plan colleagues, and contribute to cost reduction and quality improvement strategies. The ideal candidate possesses strong clinical expertise, leadership experience, and a background in value-based care. This role bridges clinical practice and health plan operations to optimize care delivery. The position is largely remote, with occasional on-site meetings in Watertown, Massachusetts. Firefly Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of primary care experience, with experience in value-based care strongly preferred
• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted medical license
• Board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret clinical and claims data to inform decision-making
• Experience with population health management, cost containment, and quality improvement initiatives
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to team-based care

Responsibilities

• Oversee and support a team of physicians, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback
• Provide medical guidance on the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols, procedures, and outcome measurements, to succeed in value based care programs
• Lead collaboration and deliver results with colleagues in actuarial, analytics, care management, and network teams to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for reducing total cost of care in a defined population
• Engage in cross-functional meetings to align and deliver the clinical practice with health plan strategies, ensuring a coordinated approach to managing member health
• Provide medical guidance to colleagues to ensure that Firefly maintains or exceeds our quality performance standards identifying and supporting opportunities for improvement
• 75% of this role’s FTE will be in direct synchronous and asynchronous virtual patient care in the Firefly Care Mode
• Conduct virtual consultations with patients to assess medical concerns, provide diagnoses, and develop personalized treatment plans
• Oversee a limited amount of Nurse Practitioners (NP) under collaborative practice agreements and serve as the physician supervisor
• Take home call one week at a time on a predictable schedule to address patients’ urgent health needs, frequency is prorated to clinical FTE
• Other duties, as assigned

Benefits

This role can be done largely remotely, there are several times a year when staff come together onsite for planning and team building