Physician Advisor Opportunity – Support Clinical Excellence with Impactful Leadership!

Why Join Us?

• Lead impactful initiatives to enhance clinical documentation and ensure optimal patient care.
• Collaborate with leadership and healthcare teams to drive efficiency, compliance, and improved outcomes.
• Be part of a program focused on quality, regulatory excellence, and innovative solutions.

Position Overview

As a Physician Advisor (PA), you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Physician Advisor program for University Hospitals. Reporting to the System PA Lead, you will:

• Develop and implement training programs to sustain adherence to clinical documentation standards.
• Ensure appropriate care levels, settings, and accurate patient documentation to reflect severity of illness, risk of mortality, and reimbursement alignment.
• Act as a liaison between care teams, medical staff, third-party payers, and leadership to coordinate clinical reviews, discuss cases, and recommend appropriate levels of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide consultation to attending physicians on hospitalization appropriateness, resource utilization, and documentation accuracy.
• Support regulatory compliance and technical billing through expertise in state, federal, and coding guidelines.
• Collaborate across teams to improve:
  • Patient and family experiences.
  • Documentation accuracy and reimbursement processes.
  • Inpatient throughput efficiency from admission to discharge.
• Build strong relationships with leadership, staff, and providers to reduce denials and enhance reimbursement.

Qualifications

Education

• M.D. required

Preferred Credentials

• Membership with the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA) is a plus.

Experience & Skills

• Preferred: Hospitalist experience with a solid foundation in utilization management, clinical documentation integrity, quality improvement, patient safety, and hospital operations.
• Proficiency with EMRs, MCG, InterQual criteria, and ICD-10 coding guidelines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to foster collaboration with medical staff and leadership.
• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities.

What You’ll Achieve

• Positive patient, family, and provider experiences.
• Compliance with regulatory and payer requirements.
• Standardized and efficient service delivery across care settings.
• Strengthened team collaboration and decreased reimbursement denials.

Make an Impact – Apply Today!

Take the next step in your career and lead with purpose. Join a team that values excellence, innovation, and collaboration to deliver exceptional patient care.

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is a 900+ bed quaternary referral center for the UH health system, a 17 hospital network serving 1.2 million patients in Northeast Ohio. UHCMC is an academic affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU SOM).

At UH Cleveland Medical Center, we strive for excellence in patient care. The efforts of our dedicated staff have resulted in numerous awards and accreditations from some of the country’s top medical associations of patient care, safety and quality.

In June, UH Cleveland Medical Center was again named by U.S. News & World Report to its Best Hospitals list, an achievement it has made 26 years in a row. In the 2024-25 list, UH Cleveland Medical Center ranks third among all hospitals in Ohio and is the only Ohio-based hospital to be named to U.S. News & World Report's inaugural list of Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access. ?

Physicians of University Hospitals have renewed a promise to meeting our patients’ health care needs. Our talented team is integral to our rich history of success and critical to our future in a dynamic environment. As stewards of the UH legacy for excellence in patient care, our physicians are guided by an unwavering commitment to our mission:

To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.

Founded in 1866, University Hospitals has grown over the last 150 years to become what it is today – one of the nation’s leading health care systems, committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered medical care to the residents of Northeast Ohio. Our facilities include a thriving academic medical center, consistently ranked among the nation’s top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, along with 18 hospitals, 40 health centers and dozens of medical practices throughout a 15-county region.

At UH, our national reputation for providing high-quality care, our direct involvement in pioneering medical advancements and clinical discoveries, and a continued commitment to training the next generation of health care providers demonstrate our dedication to living out the UH mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.

Cleveland, OH is a culturally diverse city on the shores of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. Recreational, cultural and educational opportunities are abundant throughout Northeast Ohio. You'll find world-class museums and cultural events, professional sports and amusement parks, and the most golf courses per capita in the United States. Places Rated Almanac ranks the area second in recreational options out of 354 US metro areas. This region ranks fifth in the nation in number of major cultural resources per one million residents.