Vice President - Medical Group Administration

Recruiter Contact: Rebecca L. Stuckey at [email protected]

Vice President, Medical Group Administration

Penn State Health Corporation

Hershey, Pennsylvania

The Opportunity: 

At Penn State Health, we are committed to advancing high-quality, patient-centered care through clinical excellence, operational performance, and value-based healthcare delivery. The Vice President of Medical Group Administration provides strategic and operational leadership across physician and Advanced Practice Provider (APP) practice operations while driving success in Penn State Health’s value-based care (VBC) initiatives. This executive leader plays a critical role in strengthening our unified medical group, optimizing ambulatory performance, improving patient access, and advancing population health outcomes across government and commercial value-based contracts. 

Why This Role Matters: As the Vice President of Medical Group Administration, you will serve as a core executive leader driving the future of healthcare delivery at Penn State Health. This pivotal role blends strategic vision with operational excellence, overseeing physician and Advanced Practice Provider (APP) practice operations across our expanding unified medical group. You will be the architect of our value-based care (VBC) initiatives, directly influencing population health outcomes, clinical excellence, and patient-centered access across both commercial and government portfolios.

What You’ll Do

• Executive & Strategic Oversight: Shape and translate system-wide strategy into practice-level goals. Partner closely with clinical leaders to identify business opportunities, practice acquisitions, co-management agreements, and community expansion points.

• Practice Optimization: Build and refine formal Faculty Practice Plan governance, design forward-thinking recruitment and configuration strategies using economic and market modeling, and evolve provider compensation models to enhance productivity and quality.

• Value-Based Care & Population Health: Champion Medicare Advantage growth and performance strategies, leading risk adjustment factor (RAF) optimization, quality improvements, and utilization management.

• Operational Excellence: Modernize clinic operations, improve patient access, reduce wait times, and standardize cost-effective provider support staffing models across an integrated delivery system.

• Data & Technology Leadership: Leverage advanced healthcare data analytics, dashboards, and EMR workflows (Epic) to drive collaborative, data-driven insights and accountability.

Who You Are

• An Experienced Executive: You bring a minimum of 10 years of healthcare operations experience (ideally within an integrated delivery system) alongside 7+ years of formal leadership experience.

• A Strategic Thinker: You possess deep knowledge of ambulatory care operations, provider compensation models, revenue cycle workflows, and payor contracting alignment.

• A Collaborative Influencer: You excel at matrixed stakeholder management, building trusted relationships with executive suites, clinical chairs, physicians, and community partners.

• Educated for Success: You hold a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Nursing, or a related field (a Master’s degree is highly preferred).

• Tech-Savvy Leader: You are highly proficient with EMR systems (Epic preferred) and advanced reporting/analytics tools like Power BI or Tableau.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to drive a unified, system-wide medical group strategy.

• A dynamic, collaborative executive team culture focused on innovation and clinical excellence.

• A platform to lead high-impact change management and strategic transformation in a growing market.

📍 Please note: This is a fully on-site executive leadership position located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. We believe the collaboration, partnership, and visibility this role requires are best achieved through an in-person leadership presence.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S):

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Nursing, or related field
• 10 years of healthcare operations experience, ideally within an integrated delivery system
• 7 years of formal leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of ambulatory care operations, provider compensation models, and revenue cycle workflows
• Extensive background in payor contracting and program alignment between health systems and payors
• Expertise in EMR systems (Epic strongly preferred) and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills across multidisciplinary teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION(S):

• Master’s degree
• Demonstrated ability to work within a matrixed health system environment
• Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail
• Ability to influence change and drive results through collaboration and data-driven insights

WHY PENN STATE HEALTH?

Penn State Health offers exceptional opportunities to learn and grow, exposure to a wide patient population, and the ability to provide individualized, innovative, and specialized care to patients in the community.

Penn State Health offers an exceptional benefits package including medical, dental and vision with no waiting period as well as a Total Rewards Program that highlights a few of the many additional offerings below:

• Be Well with Employee Wellness Programs, and Fitness Discounts (University Fitness Center, Peloton).
• Be Balanced with Generous Paid Time Off, Personal Time, and Paid Parental Leave.
• Be Secured with Retirement, Extended Illness Bank, Life Insurance, and Identity Theft Protection.
• Be Rewarded with Competitive Pay, Tuition Reimbursement, and PAWS UP employee recognition program.
• Be Supported by the HR Solution Center, Learning and Organizational Development and Virtual Benefits Orientation, Employee Exclusive Concierge Service for scheduling.

WHY PENN STATE HEALTH CORPORATION?

There are many ways to make an impact with one of the leading research, teaching, and clinical healthcare systems in the country. Through a combination of operational, corporate, clinical, and nonclinical roles, we are advancing excellence and innovation in health care together as one team. As Penn State Health continues to evolve for the future, we are committed to hiring dedicated employees who are passionate about delivering the best possible support across our entire integrated health system. 

Within Penn State Health’s Shared Services Entity, we encourage our employees at every turn to continue their education and advancement. Numerous opportunities are available for professional development and career growth. 

YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. State-of-the-art equipment, endless learning, and a culture of excellence – that’s Penn State Health. But what makes our healthcare award-winning? That’s all you.

This job posting is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position. Eligibility for shift differential pay based on the terms outlined in company policy or union contract. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities.

Penn State Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected class including disability or veteran status. Penn State Health’s policies and objectives are in direct compliance with all federal and state constitutional provisions, laws, regulations, guidelines, and executive orders that prohibit or outlaw discrimination.

Union: Non Bargained