Rheumatology Opening on the Beaches of Texas - Corpus Christi, TX, USA

WellMed is seeking a Rheumatologist physician to join practice in Corpus Christi, Texas.

As part of the multi-disciplinary team, the   Rheumatologist   will provide medical diagnostic and therapeutic care and service, referring consultations for specialty care, and education and preventive care advice to all patients served. The performance will be tracked and comparatively reported using metrics related to the strategic direction and operational needs of the organization.

Work to the top of your license.

While working in concert with primary care providers, you will have the autonomy to set up your day and align your own cases.

WellMed is a Medicare Advantage Plan that operates as a health system focused on Quality/Value Based Outcomes and offers:

• Work Life Balance
• Providers are supported to practice at the peak of their license
• Low Volume, 12-14 patients per day

• Paid Time Off + clinics are closed for 8 national holidays
• Allowance for Professional Expense Fund
• CME Allowance with additional PTO days
• Clinician Well Being Resource Program
• 401k with match, Executive Savings Plan, and UHG Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Comprehensive Benefits from Optum Partner Services 
• Annual Quality Bonus, paid twice a year 
• No State Income Tax in Texas

Physician-owned, Patient-centered

Our business model is physician-centric and primary care-driven. We focus on high value care and preventive care, succeeding in reducing duplicative costs and improving the health of our patients. WellMed was an early proponent of the Medical Home model and has refined it to become an industry leader. The WellMed Care Model is designed to provide the most efficient, comprehensive and proven care techniques to treat the whole patient—physically, mentally and socially—both inside and outside of the clinic.

Careers with WellMed.   Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 240,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do   your life's best work.(sm)

Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 380,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. 

Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do  your life's best work.