VP and Senior Medical Director, Population Health | Value Based Care

Overview

HarmonyCares is a leading national value-based provider of in-home primary care services for people with complex healthcare needs. Headquartered out of Troy, Michigan, HarmonyCares operates home-based primary care practices in 14 states. HarmonyCares employs more than 200+ primary care providers to deliver patient-centered care under an integrated, team-based, physician-driven model.

Our Mission– To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

Our Shared Vision– Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

Our Values– The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us - Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more - 401K Retirement Plan (with company match) - Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement - Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time - Paid Orientation and Training - Established in 11 states - Largest home-based primary care practice in the US for over 28 years, making a huge impact in healthcare today!

More details about the benefits we offer can be found at https://careers.harmonycares.com/benefits .

Responsibilities

The VP and Senior Medical Director, Population Health provides senior physician leadership for population health strategy, clinical program design, and performance improvement across HarmonyCares Medical Group. This role identifies patient populations that would benefit from additional clinical support, translates data and field feedback into practical interventions for home-based care teams, and helps ensure programs improve quality, outcomes, patient experience, and appropriate resource utilization. The position partners closely with the Chief Clinical Officer, SVP of Population Health, clinical leaders, operations, analytics, finance, actuarial, and technology teams to align clinical priorities with measurable population health goals and scalable care models.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Define priority patient segments using clinical need, risk, trajectory, function, and social context

Lead physician input to a focused portfolio of interventions in assigned domains, with a clear clinical rationale and measurable goals

Address differences in access, experience, and outcomes when designing programs

Define eligibility, workflow, accountable owner, expected effect, leading measures, outcomes, and scale or stop criteria for each intervention

Partner with Analytics, Finance, and Actuarial to evaluate clinical and economic results and explain limits of the evidence

Change or retire programs that are ineffective or create excessive burden

Design workflows with the CCO, SVP Population Health, market leaders, and front-line teams so programs fit home-based care

Equip clinicians with practical guidance, registries, decision support, education, and escalation paths

Monitor reach, adoption, fidelity, capacity, clinician burden, patient impact, and variation across markets

Frame the highest-value clinical questions for Analytics and turn findings into clinical decisions

Guide responsible use of predictive and AI tools, including calibration, bias, human oversight, and workflow fit

Represent assigned clinical programs with executives and external partners when appropriate

Employees will be required to perform other job-related assignments as requested

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) with active, unrestricted license

Current board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatric Medicine through a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

8+ years of experience in population health, complex-care management, value-based care, health-plan medical leadership, accountable care, or a comparable field

Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and evaluate clinical interventions across a distributed organization

Strong fluency in clinical epidemiology, risk stratification, quality measurement, utilization, and total cost of care

Ability to work closely with analytics, actuarial, finance, technology, and operations teams and to explain limitations without losing decision velocity

Track record of influencing field clinicians and senior executives without relying solely on formal authority

Formal training in public health, epidemiology, health services research, informatics, quality, or business preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Prior experience with frailty, serious illness, home-based care, geriatrics, transitions, pharmacy, behavioral health, or social care

Prior experience in ACO REACH, MSSP, Medicare Advantage, or similar risk arrangements and in pragmatic program evaluation

Pay Transparency

Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related considerations.

The VP and Senior Medical Director, Population Health provides senior physician leadership for population health strategy, clinical program design, and performance improvement across HarmonyCares Medical Group. This role identifies patient populations that would benefit from additional clinical support, translates data and field feedback into practical interventions for home-based care teams, and helps ensure programs improve quality, outcomes, patient experience, and appropriate resource utilization. The position partners closely with the Chief Clinical Officer, SVP of Population Health, clinical leaders, operations, analytics, finance, actuarial, and technology teams to align clinical priorities with measurable population health goals and scalable care models.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Define priority patient segments using clinical need, risk, trajectory, function, and social context

Lead physician input to a focused portfolio of interventions in assigned domains, with a clear clinical rationale and measurable goals

Address differences in access, experience, and outcomes when designing programs

Define eligibility, workflow, accountable owner, expected effect, leading measures, outcomes, and scale or stop criteria for each intervention

Partner with Analytics, Finance, and Actuarial to evaluate clinical and economic results and explain limits of the evidence

Change or retire programs that are ineffective or create excessive burden

Design workflows with the CCO, SVP Population Health, market leaders, and front-line teams so programs fit home-based care

Equip clinicians with practical guidance, registries, decision support, education, and escalation paths

Monitor reach, adoption, fidelity, capacity, clinician burden, patient impact, and variation across markets

Frame the highest-value clinical questions for Analytics and turn findings into clinical decisions

Guide responsible use of predictive and AI tools, including calibration, bias, human oversight, and workflow fit

Represent assigned clinical programs with executives and external partners when appropriate

Employees will be required to perform other job-related assignments as requested

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) with active, unrestricted license

Current board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatric Medicine through a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

8+ years of experience in population health, complex-care management, value-based care, health-plan medical leadership, accountable care, or a comparable field

Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and evaluate clinical interventions across a distributed organization

Strong fluency in clinical epidemiology, risk stratification, quality measurement, utilization, and total cost of care

Ability to work closely with analytics, actuarial, finance, technology, and operations teams and to explain limitations without losing decision velocity

Track record of influencing field clinicians and senior executives without relying solely on formal authority

Formal training in public health, epidemiology, health services research, informatics, quality, or business preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Prior experience with frailty, serious illness, home-based care, geriatrics, transitions, pharmacy, behavioral health, or social care

Prior experience in ACO REACH, MSSP, Medicare Advantage, or similar risk arrangements and in pragmatic program evaluation