Patient Support Unit Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - WellMed Medical Group -Austin, TX

** Well Med, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Practice Support Unit team in Austin, TX.  Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.*
* ** As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.*
* At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and erience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country.

Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while  
** Caring. Connecting. Growing together.*
* ** Position Highlights:*
* + Practice includes transition visits from hospital and ER via telemedicine along with face-to-face visits at health events in the Southern Austin area

+ Practice in collaboration with our Contracted and Affiliated Well Med physicians, their advanced practice clinicians, and their clinic staff

+ Collaborate to provide a comprehensive, coordinated model of care to a mostly Medicare-aged population on a Medicare Advantage Plan

+ Educate providers on proper coding, risk adjustment metrics, capturing documentation, and adhering to quality protocols

+ Interview patients to ensure proper documentation and to ensure all preventative screenings have been complete

+ Performance will be tracked and comparatively reported using metrics related to the strategic direction and operational needs of the organization

** What makes an Optum Career different?*
* + As the largest employer of Advanced Practice Clinicians, we have a best-in-class employee experience and enable you to practice at the top of your license  

+ We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients 

+ We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations 

+ We grow talent from within. No matter where you want to go- geographically or professionally- you can do it here 

** Compensation/Benefits Highlights:*
* + Base salary, plus annual quality bonus with a target of $15,000

+ 401k with match, Executive Savings Plan, and UHG Employee Stock Purchase Program

+ LTD and STD insurance at no cost to you

+ Liability coverage that doesn't require tail coverage ever

+ More comprehensive benefits from Optum Partner Services

In 2011, Well Med partnered with Optum to provide care to patients across Texas and Florida. Well Med is a network of doctors, specialists and other medical professionals that specialize in providing care for more than 1 million older adults with over 16,000 doctors' offices. At Well Med our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors.

Well Med has more than 22,000+ primary care physicians, hospitalists, specialists, and advanced practice clinicians who excel in caring for 900,000+ older adults. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

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* Required Qualifications:

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* + Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

+ Current Licensure through the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners OR Licensed Physician Assistant by the Texas State Medical Board

+ Valid DEA license or the…