Healthcare United is seeking a Lead Primary Care Physician for outpatient, value-based primary care opportunities in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine physician who is interested in a mission-driven primary care model with smaller patient panels, longer patient visits, strong team support, and a focus on improving outcomes for medically complex patient populations.
The physician will provide direct outpatient primary care while also serving as a clinical leader within an interdisciplinary care team. This role is ideal for a provider who enjoys patient care, team collaboration, population health, chronic disease management, and helping reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions.
The care model is built around whole-person care, strong provider support, care coordination, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, nursing, and clinical leadership.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide outpatient primary care to adult patients in a value-based care setting
- Manage chronic conditions, preventive care, acute visits, post-hospital follow-up, and ER follow-up
- Lead and collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team
- Support APPs, nurses, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, nutrition, and care management teams
- Help develop care plans for medically complex patients
- Participate in population health huddles and quality improvement initiatives
- Work to reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions
- Support transitional care planning across the continuum of care
- Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to providers and staff
- Use data, EHR tools, and quality metrics to improve patient outcomes
- Serve as a clinical leader within the local market
Requirements
- MD or DO degree required
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
- Active or eligible for an unrestricted Ohio medical license
- Primary care, outpatient medicine, community health, FQHC, or value-based care experience preferred
- Clinical leadership experience preferred
- Experience mentoring physicians, APPs, or care teams preferred
- Comfortable caring for medically complex and underserved patient populations
- Strong communication, leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a team-based, outcomes-driven care model
- No visa sponsorship available for the Columbus role
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with $300K+ potential
- Cincinnati role may include signing bonus up to $50,000
- Full-time outpatient schedule
- Monday-Friday schedule
- Smaller patient panels, generally around 10-12 patients per day
- Longer patient visits and stronger provider-patient relationships
- Value-based care model with strong team support
- Interdisciplinary support including behavioral health, pharmacy, nursing, social work, nutrition, and care management
- Opportunity to combine direct patient care with clinical leadership
- Mission-driven work with medically complex patient populations
- Supportive outpatient environment focused on quality outcomes