Optum Medical Group

[podiatryinsearchof]

A group I am interviewing with and seriously considering working for/with is a private practice that is "owned" or "under the umbrella" of Optum.

What exactly does it mean to be under this umbrella.

How is a practice a private practice and able to negotiate a contract with me, but still a part of a whole other larger medical group, such as Optum.

Such a basic question, but really having trouble understanding this concept.

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[HardRoadPaved]

A group I am interviewing with and seriously considering working for/with is a private practice that is "owned" or "under the umbrella" of Optum.

What exactly does it mean to be under this umbrella.

How is a practice a private practice and able to negotiate a contract with me, but still a part of a whole other larger medical group, such as Optum.

Such a basic question, but really having trouble understanding this concept.

This is a major medical provider. Optum does offer HMO plans like Optum choice and you'd be a preferred provider to patients in those plan. These clinics however accept all major insurance plans.

You'll run a clinic and deal with more minor ailments. Sometimes these medical groups want non-surgical DPMs. Will need to clarify responsibilities for certain if they want you doing cases. However this may shed some light that they may want a surgical DPM... Outpatient Surgery | Optum If the network clinic you are working for does not have a DPM on staff you can then imagine you'll be designing a system from the ground up and be dealing with a lot of work. Hopefully a large base salary where they just feed what they can in a 40 hour work week will be the compensation model. Otherwise can work on base/RVU model. The good part is you get their HMO insurance benefits on the cheap haha.

 

[podiatryinsearchof]

From what I am understanding the office is private, and I wouldn’t be an employee of optum.
They just manage the billing and coding for this practice.

confusing ..

 

[Dochopeful13]

From what I am understanding the office is private, and I wouldn’t be an employee of optum.
They just manage the billing and coding for this practice.

confusing ..

Decent salary?

 

[dtrack22]

Decent salary?

office is private, and I wouldn’t be an employee of optum

My guess would be a hard "no" but I'm curious to see if the OP wants to answer that question...

 

[heybrother]

An HMO company eh? Stay tuned for our new exciting financial product - Capitated Podiatry Associate Contracts!

 

[podiatryinsearchof]

This is a major medical provider. Optum does offer HMO plans like Optum choice and you'd be a preferred provider to patients in those plan. These clinics however accept all major insurance plans.

You'll run a clinic and deal with more minor ailments. Sometimes these medical groups want non-surgical DPMs. Will need to clarify responsibilities for certain if they want you doing cases. However this may shed some light that they may want a surgical DPM... Outpatient Surgery | Optum If the network clinic you are working for does not have a DPM on staff you can then imagine you'll be designing a system from the ground up and be dealing with a lot of work. Hopefully a large base salary where they just feed what they can in a 40 hour work week will be the compensation model. Otherwise can work on base/RVU model. The good part is you get their HMO insurance benefits on the cheap haha.

Why do you say minor ailments?
Does Optum have control over how you structure you work day, how many clinic hours you have versus surgical hours? What types of patients or procedures you do or don’t do?

 

[GreenHousePub]

There's a few of these type of these HMO clinics in my area. Generally, it's just an existing small podiatry clinic linked up with a larger multispecialty group, so they get the referrals from them. Same thing as private practice and insurance contracts.