Sr. Medical Director, Medical Policy

Blue Shield of CA
United States, California, Oakland
601 12th Street (Show on map)
Mar 06, 2025
Your Role The Medical Management team ensures that Blue Shield is on the cutting edge of medical, medication, and payment policy to accelerate the emergence of a value-based health care system in California. The Sr. Medical Director, Medical Policy will report to the Chief Medical Officer. In this role you will be accountable for ensuring that all medical, medication, and payment policy initiatives are in aligned with the scientific evidence and professional guidelines. You will lead a team that delivers medical policy that adapts to new clinical innovations and supports medical payment operations, and training for staff in the accurate application of medical, medication, and payment policy, pricing, and coding. In addition to chairing the BSC Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Medical and Payment Policy Committees, you will provide clinical leadership for all evidence-based medicine functions and partner closely with leaders of other business functions to develop strategies to ensure that Blue Shield members are receiving appropriate quality care. Your Knowledge and Experience Minimum of 2 years of previous medical leadership experience Minimum of 5 years of direct patient care experience post residency Minimum of 8 years of experience developing evidence-based guidelines, medical policies or performing systematic reviews of the medical literature Medical degree (M.D./D.O.) required. Master's degree in epidemiology, health services or related degree is preferred Completed residency preferably in adult based primary care specialty (e.g. Internal Medicine, Family Practice) Maintain active, unrestricted California State Medical License required; Maintain active, unrestricted Medical License in all additional assigned states required Maintain Board Certification in one of ABMS, ABOS, or AOA recognized specialty required (preferably Internal Medicine or Family Practice) Has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job function Outstanding verbal and written communication skills Ability to lead through influence in a matrixed organization Experience performing utilization management reviews is preferred Experience in a health plan or managed care organization is preferred