Medical Director, Behavioral Health (PST Zone)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION Job SummaryProvides medical oversight and expertise related to behavioral health and chemical dependency services, and assists with implementation of integrated behavioral health care programs within specific markets/regions. Contributes to overarching strategy to provide quality and cost-effective member care. Essential Job Duties: - Provides behavioral health oversight and clinical leadership for health plan and/or market specific utilization management and care management behavioral health programs and chemical dependency services - working closely with regional medical directors to standardize behavioral health utilization management policies and procedures to improve quality outcomes and decrease costs. - Facilitates behavioral health-related regional medical necessity reviews and cross coverage. - Standardizes behavioral health-related utilization management, quality, and financial goals across all lines of businesses. - Responds to behavioral health-related requests for proposal (RFP) sections and reviews behavioral health portions of state contracts. - Assists behavioral health medical director lead trainers in the development of enterprise-wide education on...