Position Overview
Omron seeks a contract physician to serve as the designated Medical Director for its participation in the CMS Innovation Center's ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions), eCKM track. The Medical Director is the physician of record CMS holds accountable for the quality of care delivered to aligned Medicare beneficiaries.
Title: Medical Director, ACCESS Model (Contract)Engagement: Independent contractor (1099), or physician engaged through a professional entity or physician groupReports to: Executive Director, Marketing Time commitment: Part-time, approximately 10-15 hours per month, scaling with enrolled panel sizeLocation: Remote (U.S.-based)Track: eCKM: hypertension and related cardiometabolic conditions
About the program
Omron operates a national, technology-enabled hypertension care program serving Original Medicare beneficiaries. Care combines cellular-connected home blood pressure monitoring, clinician-led medication management, lifestyle coaching, and care coordination with each patient's primary care practitioner.
Under ACCESS, a 10-year voluntary CMS model running July 2026 through June 2036, participants receive fixed, outcome-aligned payments over 12-month care periods. Full payment depends on patients reaching blood pressure targets, such as a 15 mmHg systolic reduction or control below 130/80 mmHg. CMS requires every participant to designate a Medicare-enrolled MD or DO as Medical Director, and allows that role to be filled by contract.
Key responsibilities
- Clinical policies and patient safety
- Develop, review at least annually, and approve clinical policies and procedures for ACCESS care, consistent with current AHA/ACC hypertension guidelines.
- Own the written patient safety plan: protocols for identifying and reporting safety concerns, care escalation pathways, and management of adverse events.
- Approve clinical exclusion criteria and protocols for transitioning patients whose needs exceed program scope.
Clinical oversight
- Provide oversight of all physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and nurses furnishing ACCESS services.
- Approve medication titration protocols and standing orders; serve as escalation point for complex or high-risk cases.
- Ensure qualifying-condition validation and informed consent processes are followed before enrollment.
- Oversee clinical use of connected devices and any FDA-regulated software in care delivery.
Outcomes, data, and quality
- Monitor patient outcomes against ACCESS blood pressure and cardiometabolic targets, and guide corrective action plans.
- Reasonably validate outcome measure data submitted to CMS, including source-verified blood pressure readings.
- Review quality, safety, and overtreatment indicators; chair a periodic quality committee.
Compliance and coordination
- Ensure adherence to federal and state law, including licensure, scope of practice, HIPAA, and ACCESS Participation Agreement terms.
- Serve as the named Medical Director on care plans shared with patients' primary care practitioners.
- Support CMS audits, monitoring requests, and the independent model evaluation.
Required qualifications
- MD or DO degree.
- Active, full, unrestricted license to practice medicine in at least one U.S. state.
- Individually enrolled in Medicare and in good standing, or able to complete enrollment before Omron executes its ACCESS Participation Agreement.
- Willing to reassign Medicare billing rights to Omron's TIN as required by the model.
- Board certification in internal medicine, family medicine, cardiology, nephrology, or endocrinology.
- Active, unrestricted DEA registration.
- No exclusion, debarment, or sanction by OIG, SAM, or any state Medicaid program; no Medicare billing privilege revocation; no license discipline in the past [5] years.
- At least [3] years of post-residency clinical practice managing hypertension or cardiometabolic disease.
Preferred qualifications
- Multistate licensure. Strong preference for physicians eligible for, or holding licenses obtained through, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC), or holding active licenses in a large number of states. Candidates should list all active state licenses.
- Willingness to obtain additional state licenses as [Company Name] expands; licensing fees reimbursed.
- Hypertension specialist certification (American Hypertension Specialist Certification Program) or obesity medicine board certification (ABOM).
- Prior medical director or supervising physician role in a telehealth, remote patient monitoring, or chronic care management program.
- Experience with CMS Innovation Center models, value-based contracts, or outcome-based quality reporting.
- Familiarity with collaborative practice and supervision requirements for NPs and PAs across multiple states.
- Experience caring for older adults and Medicare beneficiaries, including dual-eligible populations.
Engagement terms and how to apply:
- Compensation: $3,000 monthly retainer plus $150.00 - $225.00 an hour for work beyond the base scope; state licensing fees reimbursed.
- Contract: Written agreement naming the physician who assumes Medical Director responsibilities, as CMS requires; initial term [12] months, renewable.
- Coverage: Omron provides professional liability insurance including telehealth coverage [or: physician maintains own coverage].
- Availability: Reachable for urgent clinical escalations during Omron Healthcare business hours.
- Apply: Send a CV, list of active state licenses (noting IMLC eligibility), NPI, and Medicare enrollment status to Farrah Chapman, HR Senior Manager at farrah.chapman@omron.com.
Omron is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Sources CMS ACCESS Model Request for Applications, v1.1 (Feb 12, 2026): medical director duties, contracting allowance, eligibility, and blood pressure targets.
