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Get Access To All JobsAssociate Medical Director Behavioral Health or Utilization Management Medical Director DOE
Hybrid role (3 days/week in office) at our Burlington, Renton, Spokane, Vancouver, Portland, Medford, Salt Lake City, Boise, Lewiston, or Fargo offices.
Candidates must reside within commutable distance of that location or be willing to relocate.
This is a part-time non-benefited position with a maximum of 12 hours per week.
Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.
Who We Are Looking For:
Every day, Cambia’s dedicated team of physicians are living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. As a member of the Utilization Management (UM) team, our Associate Medical Director BH and UM Medical Directors provide leadership, and clinical oversight for behavioral health operations across all lines of business within the health plan, with a primary focus on behavioral health utilization management. Partners with leaders and staff across the organization to ensure policies, programs and strategies related to our members. Conducts case reviews requiring physician involvement and/or provides clinical expertise to others related to behavioral health case management, prior authorizations and appeals. Provides peer-to-peer consultations with providers – all in service of creating a person-focused health care experience.
Are you a motivated and experienced medical professional looking for a new challenge? Do you have a passion for patient care and want to make a big difference in healthcare? Then this role may be the perfect fit.
What You Bring to Cambia:
Qualifications
- Licensed Physician with an MD or DO degree
- Active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in one or more of our 4 states.
- Board Certification in general psychiatry or child psychiatry required with preference for being board certified in both.
- Qualification by training and experience to render clinical opinions about medical conditions, procedures, and treatments under review.
- At least 3 years clinical experience.
- Two years health plan medical utilization management and/or case management experience.
- Equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must be located in one of our four states.
Skills and Attributes:
- In-depth knowledge of best practices related to medical care for a wide variety of behavioral health conditions.
- Demonstrated competency working with hospitals, provider groups, or integrated delivery systems to effectively manage patient care to improve outcomes.
- Passion for population health, healthcare transformation and improving the experience of people with mental health issues.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills with internal staff and external stakeholders, including the ability to resolve issues and seek optimal outcomes.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with community and provider partners.
- Knowledge of the health insurance industry, state and federal regulations (including Parity Legislation/Regulations), provider reimbursement methods and evolving accountable care and payment models is preferred.
- Experience conducting medical case reviews for utilization and/or case management is strongly preferred.
- Detail-oriented with orientation to the application of data and metrics in managing health, quality and program effectiveness.
- Leadership experience with demonstrated ability to effectively build relationships, work with others and lead people and project teams.
What You Will Do at Cambia:
- Develops and Implements Behavioral Health Policies and Programs: Assists in developing high-quality, market-competitive behavioral health medical policies and programs, and provides leadership in developing short and long-range plans, goals, and objectives for integrated utilization management.
- Operational Leadership and Oversight: Oversees the development of effective operational policies, procedures, and standards for an integrated behavioral health program, monitors utilization and results, and implements process or system changes as needed.
- Subject Matter Expert and Clinical Leadership: Serves as a subject matter expert on behavioral health, provides medical advice, oversight, and leadership for staff, and ensures members receive safe, effective, and cost-efficient services.
- Collaboration and Communication: Collaborates with the Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health, leads/participates in teams for medical policy reviews and development, and discusses review determinations with providers to promote understanding of utilization management and quality improvement policies.
- Industry Trends and Opportunities: Stays abreast of industry, medical, and technology trends, identifies and communicates new opportunities to enhance outcomes and the organization's reputation, and collaborates to implement actions to reduce medical cost trend.
- Other roles as assigned.
LI-Hybrid
Pay ranges vary based on the candidate's work location. The expected hiring range depends on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; and performance history.
Associate Medical Director
- Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $217,600 - $294,400, the full salary range is $204,000 - $333,000 and the bonus target is 25%.
- North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $217,171.97 - $293,820.91 and the full salary range is $192,827.15 - $318,165.72.
Medical Director
- Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $238,850 - $323,150, the full salary range is $224,000 - $366,000 and the bonus target is 30%.
- North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $252,506.91 - $341,626.99, the full salary range is $224,201.29 - $369,932.61 and the bonus target is 20%.
About Cambia
Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.
Why Join the Cambia Team?
At Cambia, you can:
- Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
- Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
- Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
- Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
- Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.
We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck – and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.
In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
- Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
- Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
- Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
- Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
- Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
- Commute and parking benefits.
Learn more about our benefits.
We are happy to offer work from home options for most of our roles. To take advantage of this flexible option, we require employees to have a wired internet connection that is not satellite or cellular and internet service with a minimum upload speed of 5Mb and a minimum download speed of 10 Mb.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.
If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please email CambiaCareers@cambiahealth.com. Information about how Cambia Health Solutions collects, uses, and discloses information is available in our Privacy Policy.
Associate Medical Director Behavioral Health or Utilization Management Medical Director DOE
Hybrid role (3 days/week in office) at our Burlington, Renton, Spokane, Vancouver, Portland, Medford, Salt Lake City, Boise, Lewiston, or Fargo offices.
Candidates must reside within commutable distance of that location or be willing to relocate.
This is a part-time non-benefited position with a maximum of 12 hours per week.
Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.
Who We Are Looking For:
Every day, Cambia’s dedicated team of physicians are living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. As a member of the Utilization Management (UM) team, our Associate Medical Director BH and UM Medical Directors provide leadership, and clinical oversight for behavioral health operations across all lines of business within the health plan, with a primary focus on behavioral health utilization management. Partners with leaders and staff across the organization to ensure policies, programs and strategies related to our members. Conducts case reviews requiring physician involvement and/or provides clinical expertise to others related to behavioral health case management, prior authorizations and appeals. Provides peer-to-peer consultations with providers – all in service of creating a person-focused health care experience.
Are you a motivated and experienced medical professional looking for a new challenge? Do you have a passion for patient care and want to make a big difference in healthcare? Then this role may be the perfect fit.
What You Bring to Cambia:
Qualifications
- Licensed Physician with an MD or DO degree
- Active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in one or more of our 4 states.
- Board Certification in general psychiatry or child psychiatry required with preference for being board certified in both.
- Qualification by training and experience to render clinical opinions about medical conditions, procedures, and treatments under review.
- At least 3 years clinical experience.
- Two years health plan medical utilization management and/or case management experience.
- Equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must be located in one of our four states.
Skills and Attributes:
- In-depth knowledge of best practices related to medical care for a wide variety of behavioral health conditions.
- Demonstrated competency working with hospitals, provider groups, or integrated delivery systems to effectively manage patient care to improve outcomes.
- Passion for population health, healthcare transformation and improving the experience of people with mental health issues.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills with internal staff and external stakeholders, including the ability to resolve issues and seek optimal outcomes.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with community and provider partners.
- Knowledge of the health insurance industry, state and federal regulations (including Parity Legislation/Regulations), provider reimbursement methods and evolving accountable care and payment models is preferred.
- Experience conducting medical case reviews for utilization and/or case management is strongly preferred.
- Detail-oriented with orientation to the application of data and metrics in managing health, quality and program effectiveness.
- Leadership experience with demonstrated ability to effectively build relationships, work with others and lead people and project teams.
What You Will Do at Cambia:
- Develops and Implements Behavioral Health Policies and Programs: Assists in developing high-quality, market-competitive behavioral health medical policies and programs, and provides leadership in developing short and long-range plans, goals, and objectives for integrated utilization management.
- Operational Leadership and Oversight: Oversees the development of effective operational policies, procedures, and standards for an integrated behavioral health program, monitors utilization and results, and implements process or system changes as needed.
- Subject Matter Expert and Clinical Leadership: Serves as a subject matter expert on behavioral health, provides medical advice, oversight, and leadership for staff, and ensures members receive safe, effective, and cost-efficient services.
- Collaboration and Communication: Collaborates with the Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health, leads/participates in teams for medical policy reviews and development, and discusses review determinations with providers to promote understanding of utilization management and quality improvement policies.
- Industry Trends and Opportunities: Stays abreast of industry, medical, and technology trends, identifies and communicates new opportunities to enhance outcomes and the organization's reputation, and collaborates to implement actions to reduce medical cost trend.
- Other roles as assigned.
LI-Hybrid
Pay ranges vary based on the candidate's work location. The expected hiring range depends on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; and performance history.
Associate Medical Director
- Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $217,600 - $294,400, the full salary range is $204,000 - $333,000 and the bonus target is 25%.
- North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $217,171.97 - $293,820.91 and the full salary range is $192,827.15 - $318,165.72.
Medical Director
- Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $238,850 - $323,150, the full salary range is $224,000 - $366,000 and the bonus target is 30%.
- North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $252,506.91 - $341,626.99, the full salary range is $224,201.29 - $369,932.61 and the bonus target is 20%.
About Cambia
Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.
Why Join the Cambia Team?
At Cambia, you can:
- Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
- Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
- Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
- Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
- Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.
We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck – and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.
In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
- Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
- Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
- Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
- Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
- Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
- Commute and parking benefits.
Learn more about our benefits.
We are happy to offer work from home options for most of our roles. To take advantage of this flexible option, we require employees to have a wired internet connection that is not satellite or cellular and internet service with a minimum upload speed of 5Mb and a minimum download speed of 10 Mb.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.
If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please email CambiaCareers@cambiahealth.com. Information about how Cambia Health Solutions collects, uses, and discloses information is available in our Privacy Policy.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Medical Director
Target healthcare systems with established immigration programs
Large hospital networks and academic medical centers sponsor physician executives far more consistently than small private practices. Look for organizations with in-house legal teams or stated commitments to international medical graduates in leadership roles.
Secure your state medical license before applying
Most Medical Director roles require an active, unrestricted state license before day one. Beginning the licensing process early signals readiness to employers and removes a common barrier that causes sponsorship conversations to stall before they start.
Understand your OPT timeline relative to H-1B cap dates
Standard OPT gives you 12 months. If your program is not STEM-designated, plan your job search around the H-1B lottery cycle to ensure your employer can file a petition before your OPT authorization expires and a gap in status occurs.
Position yourself as a clinical and operational hybrid
Employers hiring Medical Directors want candidates who bridge medicine and management. Highlight experience with quality improvement, utilization review, or clinical protocol development alongside your clinical background to differentiate yourself from purely clinical applicants.
Raise the O-1A visa as an alternative to H-1B
Medical Directors with publications, leadership awards, or significant administrative achievements may qualify for the O-1A, which has no lottery and no annual cap. Discuss this option with an immigration attorney early so your employer understands it as a viable pathway.
Document your board certifications thoroughly in applications
Specialty board certification is a common hard requirement for Medical Director roles, and it directly supports H-1B specialty occupation classification. List your certifying board, certification date, and recertification status explicitly rather than burying them in a CV footnote.
Medical Director OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can an F-1 OPT student work as a Medical Director in the United States?
Yes, an F-1 OPT student can work as a Medical Director as long as the role is directly related to your degree field and your employer is registered with E-Verify. Most Medical Director positions require an MD or DO degree, so OPT authorization typically aligns well with the role's educational requirements. You'll need your employer to sponsor long-term work authorization before OPT expires.
Does the STEM OPT 24-month extension apply to Medical Director roles?
In almost all cases, no. STEM OPT extension applies only to graduates of programs on the STEM Designated Degree Program List, which generally does not include MD, DO, or standard medical degree programs. If your underlying degree is in a qualifying STEM field such as biomedical engineering or health informatics and your Medical Director role falls under that classification, an extension may be possible, but this is uncommon. Confirm with your DSO.
What visa options do employers use to sponsor Medical Directors after OPT?
The H-1B cap-subject lottery is the most common route, though it introduces timing uncertainty. Employers who qualify as cap-exempt, such as nonprofit hospitals affiliated with universities or research institutions, can file H-1B petitions year-round without lottery risk. The O-1A extraordinary ability visa is another strong option for candidates with notable research output, leadership recognition, or administrative achievements. Some Medical Directors also pursue EB-1 or EB-2 NIW green card pathways concurrently.
How do I find Medical Director positions where employers are open to OPT sponsorship?
Migrate Mate specializes in surfacing jobs from employers with a demonstrated history of sponsoring international candidates. Searching Medical Director roles on Migrate Mate lets you filter for sponsorship-friendly employers rather than applying broadly and discovering late in the process that a hiring team has no pathway in place for OPT or visa sponsorship.
Do Medical Director roles qualify as H-1B specialty occupations?
Yes. Medical Director positions consistently meet the H-1B specialty occupation standard because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific specialty, and in practice an MD or DO degree, as a standard and normal requirement for entry into the role. USCIS has routinely approved H-1B petitions for physician executive positions. Having board certification in a relevant specialty strengthens the petition by further demonstrating the degree-job nexus.