Physician / Psychiatry / California / Permanent / MD/DO - Psychiatrist

Company: Kurz Solutions
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description

MD/DO - Psychiatrist (TeleMed)
Work from home or from your office, touch more lives...

OVERVIEW
We are seeking psychiatry specialists to deliver consultation-based, integrative, and collaborative care to patients via Telemedicine. You will be able to work from your home or office with primarily adult patients in an established clinic via telemedicine. Join our team of highly qualified, innovative professionals to provide psychiatric services through a sophisticated system of care using cutting edge video conferencing technology.

The Community - Pasadena, CA
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of 2013, the estimated population of Pasadena was 139,731, making it the 183rd-largest city in the United States. Pasadena is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County. Pasadena was incorporated on June 19, 1886, becoming only the second city to be incorporated in what is now Los Angeles County, after Los Angeles (April 4, 1850). It is one of the primary cultural centers of the San Gabriel Valley. The city is known for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade. In addition, Pasadena is also home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Fuller Theological Seminary, Art Center College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Norton Simon Museum of Art and the Pacific Asia Museum.

What is TeleMedicine and TelePsychiatry?
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities. It is also used to save lives in critical care and emergency situations. Although there were distant precursors to telemedicine, it is essentially a product of 20th century telecommunication and information technologies. These technologies permit communications between patient and medical staff with both convenience and fidelity, as well as the transmission of medical, imaging and health informatics data from one site to another. Early forms of telemedicine achieved with telephone and radio have been supplemented with videotelephony, advanced diagnostic methods supported by distributed client/server applications, and additionally with telemedical devices to support in-home care.

Telepsychiatry is the application of telemedicine to the specialty field of psychiatry. The term typically describes the delivery of psychiatric assessment and care through telecommunications technology, usually videoconferencing. Telepsychiatry services can be offered through intermediary companies that partner with facilities to increase care capacities, or by individual providers or provider groups. Most commonly, telepsychiatry encounters take place at medical facilities under the supervision of onsite staff, though at-home models are becoming accepted as long as they are in compliance with HIPAA standards. One of the drivers behind telepsychiatry's growth in the United States has been a national shortage of psychiatrists, particularly in specialty areas such as child and adolescent psychiatry; telepsychiatry can allow fewer doctors to serve more patients by improving utilization of the psychiatrist's time. Telepsychiatry can also make it easier for psychiatrists to treat patients in rural or under-served areas by eliminating the need for either party to travel. The most common means of insurance coverage for telehealth services among the United States is to incorporate coverage into the Medicare program. Reimbursement for Medicare-covered services must satisfy federal requirements of efficiency, economy and quality of care. Since 1999, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for all kinds of telehealth services have expanded, requirements of providers have been reduced, and grants have been given to support telehealth program adoption. For 2014, the Center for Medicare services does cover telemedicine services, including telepsychiatry in many areas.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Medical License - having multiple state licenses a plus.
• Board Certification.
• Experience in TeleMedicine preferred, but not required.
• Work from home or your office.
• Provided to you: equipment, IT support, clinical documentation support, training, telehealth malpractice insurance, scheduling, billing, and patient and site coordination.
  KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market.
  
  
  

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