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American Academy of Family Physicians Director, Market Innovation in Leawood, Kansas
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The American Academy of Family Physicians and its chapters proudly represent more than 130,000 family physician, resident, and medical student members. Family physicians play a critical role in improving the health of patients, families, and communities across the United States.
The AAFP is committed to helping family physicians improve the health of Americans by advancing the specialty of family medicine, saving members time, and maximizing the value of membership . Our focus every day is to help family physicians spend more time doing what they do best: providing quality and cost-effective patient care. The AAFP delivers value to its members through each of its strategic priorities.
Summary
Hours: Monday-Friday (hybrid)
Additional hours as needed
Travel: Some travel required (15-20 days annually)
Job Description
When you join the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), you become at the center of transforming health care. You are on the leading edge of ensuring family doctors have what they need to adapt and you’re part of a legacy that has been instrumental in improving and advocating for family medicine since 1947. Make an impact that matters. Be Team AAFP.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the vice president, practice advancement, the director is an integral part of the leadership team responsible for the AAFP’s efforts to support successful career journeys of family physicians and improve internal and external practice environments. The director leads a team within the division specifically focused on favorably impacting practice environments in ways that are beyond the influence and control of individual members.
Toward these goals, the team provides thought leadership and subject matter expertise spanning a broad range of payment, practice and related market-centric topics including but not limited to fee-for-service payment (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, RUC, CPT, etc.) value-based payment (CMMI, HCP-LAN APM framework), quality improvement / performance measurement , data and health information technology, state-based transformation initiatives involving Medicaid and multi-payer alignment, as well as other market-based activities such as market consolidation and the influx of private equity .
In collaboration with the AAFP’s DC-based government relations division, this team applies their individual and collective knowledge to support federal and state advocacy efforts. The market innovation team also actively engages with non-governmental stakeholders including private payers, large health care purchasers (employers/union trusts), data, health IT, and other technology vendors and other infrastructure organizations, quality improvement and performance measurement entities, and other private stakeholders as needed to achieve the AAFP’s goals on behalf of its members.
Job Specific Skills:
Team Leadership: Leads the market innovation team responsible for favorably impacting the practice of family medicine through its collaborations within and across AAFP divisions, as well as its proactive engagement of key external stakeholders.
Expertise, Leadership, and Advocacy: Provides individual subject matter expertise in the areas of primary care practice/delivery innovation models, alternative payment models, practice data and technology needs, and the impacts of external market structures and dynamics on family physicians.
Strategic Initiatives: Works closely with divisional leadership to ensure the procurement and successful delivery of high-priority projects and initiatives.
Governance: Supports the Commission on Quality and Practice by providing expertise and input on public and primary care transformation initiatives with a focus on innovative payment models that support and reward adoption of advanced primary care models.
Other duties as assigned.
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REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree or knowledge acquired through equivalent work experience, plus a minimum of 10-15 years related work experience. (Master’s degree preferred).
Knowledgeable about a wide range of primary care practice settings and/or delivery models (required).
Knowledgeable about health care financing, particularly alternative payment models and their implications for primary care (required).
Direct experience working with (or within) primary care innovation models (preferred).
Direct experience working with payer organizations implementing alternative payment strategies, including for primary care (preferred).
Knowledgeable about the information needs and data challenges faced by primary care practices (preferred).
The successful candidate will possess a wide range of experiences and brings a strategic perspective and strong critical thinking skills to the role.
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