Vice President of Population Health
$230k - $280k USD
Hello, we’re Belong.
We partner with regional payers to deliver Medicare Advantage and Special Needs Plan products.
With a dual focus on data-driven, proactive clinical intervention and unwaveringly empathetic patient experience, Belong has completely reimagined health insurance for seniors and other Medicare-eligible individuals who have been disregarded and deprioritized for far too long.
We believe that only by recognizing individuals can we make communities strong.
Belong Health. Kinder, more supportive care.
Belong Health is seeking a mission-driven Physician Leader to help refine and lead clinical care delivery programs. This individual will oversee Belong’s virtual and home-based medical group, drive excellence in risk adjustment and quality performance, and foster deep physician engagement across regions. The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial clinician leader who thrives in a dynamic, start-up environment and is passionate about advancing value-based care.
The ideal candidate is more than a strong clinician — they are a builder, strategist, and operator who thrives in dynamic environments, has a keen eye for detail, and knows how to align stakeholders around a shared vision.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the Belong Medical Group
- Provide vision and operational leadership for Belong Health’s virtual and home-based medical group leading a team of MD/DO, Advanced Practice Providers (APP’s), and Ancillary Medical Staff to provide care to patient populations in innovative models addressing key gaps in care.
- Partner with clinical operations, technology, product and patient engagement teams to design and scale workflows that deliver high-quality, person-centered care.
- Lead the training and continuous education and improvement of clinical teams.
- Ensure operational rigor, continuous improvement, compliance and accountability for clinical and business performance.
Advance Risk & Quality Performance
- Develop and execute strategies to ensure accurate risk adjustment through proactive documentation and coding practices.
- Lead the design and deployment of programs to close HEDIS and Stars quality gaps in close collaboration with analytics and care delivery teams.
- Monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities, and translate insights into action.
Engage and Align Physicians
- Serve as a trusted partner and ambassador to regional physician networks, health systems, and community providers.
- Build strong, collaborative relationships that strengthen referral pathways, enhance coordination, and align incentives.
- Support education and engagement activities that help community physicians succeed in value-based care.
What We’re Looking For
- A mission-driven leader who thrives on building, problem-solving, and innovating in service of patients.
- MD/DO with active, unrestricted license and board certification in internal medicine, primary care, family medicine, emergency medicine, or geriatrics.
- 5+ years of clinical experience, including leadership of a medical group and experience with value-based care. Experience managing remote clinical workforces is highly valued.
- Proven ability to design and execute complex care delivery models from scratch. Preferred experience building care delivery models within a startup.
- Proven track record of driving strategy and operations in value-based care models (ACO, Medicare Advantage, or risk-bearing contracts).
- Expertise in risk adjustment (HCC documentation) and HEDIS/Stars quality performance.
- Demonstrated success in building teams, managing complexity, and delivering results in entrepreneurial fast-growth environments.
- Exceptional communicator and collaborator with the ability to build trust across levels and functions in an organization, including with clinicians, operators, and executives
- Understanding of clinical systems and tools (cloud-based EHR, scheduling system, needed to operate virtual care and ability to collaborate with product and technology teams to advance systems to support care needs.
SALARY
$230,000-$280,000
Why Join Belong Health
- Be part of a Leadership Team shaping the future of value-based care for complex underserved patients.
- Work at the intersection of clinical leadership, operations, and strategy.
- Collaborate with an agile, mission-driven team passionate about health equity and innovation.
- Competitive compensation and benefits in a high-growth start-up.
Belong Health is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all applicants from every background and life experience to apply.
Our organization participates in E-Verify to confirm the eligibility of employees to work in the United States. (Nuestra organización participa en E-Verify para confirmar la elegibilidad de los empleados para trabajar en los Estados Unidos.)