Chief Medical Officer, Family Hospice
Job Description
Chief Medical Officer
\nUPMC Family Hospice
\n\nPosition Summary
\nThe Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for UPMC Family Hospice is a senior physician executive responsible for providing visionary clinical leadership across hospice services within UPMC's Integrated Delivery and Financing System (IDFS).
\nThis role is ideal for a physician leader who is passionate about advancing hospice within acute care hospitals, strengthening care transitions, and shaping the future of serious?illness care across a large, integrated academic health system.
\nUPMC Family Hospice partners closely with UPMC hospitals, service lines, and the UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute (PSI) to deliver high?quality, patient?centered care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
\nThe CMO plays a critical leadership role in aligning hospice and palliative services with UPMC's system priorities, value?based care strategies, and commitment to excellence.
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Reporting Structure
\nReports to: President, UPMC Home Healthcare & Family Hospice
\nMedical Advisory Relationship: Collaborates with UPMC Palliative and Supportive Teams
\nDirect Reports: Hospice Medical Directors, Physicians, and Advanced Practice Providers
\n\nKey Responsibilities
\nAcute Care & System Integration
\nLead the integration of hospice and palliative care services within UPMC acute care hospitals, including inpatient units, ICUs, emergency departments, and specialty service lines.
\nPartner with hospital leadership, physician practices, and community programs to improve timely hospice referrals, GIP utilization, and seamless care transitions.
\nServe as the senior physician liaison between Family Hospice, hospitals, and system leadership
\nClinical & Quality Leadership
\nProvide overall medical direction for all hospice programs, including inpatient, hospital?based, SNF, and community settings.
\nEnsure compliance with CMS, federal, state, and payer requirements.
\nOversee physician documentation, billing, and coding to support quality and financial integrity.
\nEstablishes and maintains a schedule of physician services to ensure physician clinical and administrative services are available around-the-clock to support all hospice programs, including hospitals and inpatient units
\nLead quality improvement initiatives focused on patient outcomes, safety, and experience.
\nGrowth, Innovation & Program Development
\nDrive clinical program growth aligned with UPMC's value?based and population health strategies.
\nCollaborate with business development and system leaders to evaluate new models of care and ROI.
\nSupport innovation in concurrent care, hospital?based hospice, and palliative pathways.
\nPhysician Leadership & Workforce Development
\nRecruit, mentor, and retain a high?performing physician and APP workforce.
\nEstablish physician competency standards, performance expectations, and professional development pathways.
\nFoster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and clinical excellence.
\nAcademic & Educational Leadership
\nCollaborate with PSI and the University of Pittsburgh to support fellowship training and physician education.
\nProvide education to hospital?based clinicians and community partners on hospice and palliative care.
\nRepresent UPMC as a thought leader within regional and national forums.
\nInpatient Hospice Medical Direction
\nServe as Medical Director for the Family Hospice inpatient unit, providing oversight of GIP care and interdisciplinary collaboration.
\nParticipate in clinical coverage and call responsibilities as appropriate.
\nServes as UPMC Home Healthcare Medical Director and attends Professional Advisory Committee and makes recommendations to their palliative home care services.
\nOther duties as assigned.
\nFiscal & Operational Accountability
\nParticipate in annual budgeting and resource planning for the medical department.
\nSupport effective physician staffing models and utilization management.
\n\nRequired Qualifications
\nMD or DO with active Pennsylvania medical license (or ability to obtain)
\nBoard?certified or board?eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
\nDemonstrated leadership experience in hospice and/or palliative care
\nStrong communication and collaboration skills within complex health systems
\n\nPreferred Qualifications
\nPrior experience as a Hospice or Palliative Medical Director
\nAcademic teaching experience
\nExperience within an integrated delivery system or value?based care environment
\n\nWorking Conditions and Physical Demands
\nWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to:
\nPerform work of a moderate physical nature including exerting up to 10 pounds of force.
\nFrequently and up to 75 pounds occasionally to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects.
\nAbility to see, hear, talk, and perform tasks requiring manual dexterity; kneeling, frequent standing, walking, crouching, stooping, reaching and other similar tasks requiring physical activity.
\nOperate a computer, copier, fax and telephone and other office equipment, as well as oxygen therapy devices, suction machines, feeding tubes, infusion pumps, venous access devices and various clinical products and devices.
\nThe work environment involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental stress, including exposure to blood or body fluids which requires the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), such as safety eyeglasses, face shield, surgical mask, gloves and/or gowns.
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