Network Medical Executive - West Coast

Medical Executive   Clinical Network & Provider Relations   Cigna Healthcare   Region: West Coast Position Summary   The Medical Executive, Network & Provider Relations serves as a strategic physician leader responsible for improving healthcare affordability and network performance through provider engagement, clinical leadership, value-based care execution, and data-informed collaboration across assigned markets and provider organizations.   This role leverages clinical expertise, market intelligence, trusted provider relationships, and performance insights to influence care delivery, reduce avoidable cost and variation, support network strategy, and strengthen collaboration between Cigna Healthcare and the provider community.

Snapshot   Primary Purpose   Improve affordability, network performance, provider collaboration, and clinical value through physician leadership and provider influence.   Primary Partners   Network, contracting, provider relations, market leadership, clinical operations, analytics, actuarial, finance, and provider organizations.   Operating Model Alignment   Participates in Network & Provider Relations special projects to promote consistency, knowledge sharing, and operational excellence.

Orientation   Market-facing physician leader with responsibility for translating relationships and insights into measurable affordability and network outcomes.

Affordability & Network Performance Leadership   Serve as a physician leader supporting affordability, trend, and network performance objectives within assigned markets and provider relationships.   Use provider relationships, market intelligence, and performance data to identify opportunities to improve cost, quality, utilization, access, and overall network performance.   Partner with provider organizations to address clinical and operational drivers of healthcare trend, unnecessary variation, and avoidable cost.   Support implementation of evidence-based initiatives that improve value, strengthen outcomes, and promote appropriate site-of-care, specialty, and referral management strategies.   Collaborate with analytics, actuarial, network, finance, and clinical partners to evaluate opportunities, define interventions, and assess performance improvement.   Provide clinical leadership in addressing emerging affordability risks, provider performance opportunities, and strategic network priorities.   Provider Engagement & Influence   Develop and maintain trusted executive-level relationships with health systems, physician organizations, specialty groups, and independent providers.   Serve as a credible clinical advisor and strategic partner to provider leadership on performance improvement, collaboration, and network priorities.   Facilitate productive dialogue regarding affordability opportunities, provider performance, value-based care, quality outcomes, and clinical collaboration.   Gather provider insight and market intelligence to inform internal decision-making, escalation management, and strategic planning.   Support resolution of complex provider concerns, escalations, and relationship opportunities while maintaining alignment with organizational goals.   Value-Based Care & Clinical Transformation   Support growth, execution, and optimization of value-based care initiatives and provider performance programs.   Collaborate with providers, contracting teams, and clinical partners to improve quality, affordability, patient outcomes, and provider accountability.   Promote provider adoption of care delivery models and population health strategies that support improved performance and customer value.   Identify barriers to provider success and help connect providers with appropriate clinical, operational, and analytic resources.   Network Strategy Support   Provide clinical consultation and market insight for network strategy, provider partnerships, and contracting activities.