Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Position Summary:
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the senior physician executive responsible for enterprise clinical governance, physician strategy, resident safety, quality, regulatory excellence, physician services, and clinical innovation across a growing skilled nursing enterprise. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CMO initially oversees four facilities before expanding to enterprise responsibility across a 40-facility portfolio while preserving the statutory responsibilities of each facility Medical Director, Administrator, Governing Body, Director of Nursing, and Compliance Officer.
Reporting Relationships:
Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
Partners with the COO, CNO, CFO, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Governing Body.
Provides executive oversight of Facility Medical Directors, attending physicians, and advanced practice providers.
Executive Responsibilities:
Lead enterprise clinical strategy.
Standardize evidence-based care.
Oversee physician recruitment, credentialing, privileging, peer review and succession.
Lead QAPI, infection prevention, resident safety and emergency preparedness.
Improve quality, survey readiness and value-based performance.
Represent the organization with hospitals, payers and regulators.
Clinical Governance:
Establish enterprise medical policies.
Maintain Medical Director governance model.
Lead serious event review and root-cause analysis.
Compliance & Risk:
Partner with Compliance while preserving independence.
Promote documentation integrity and medical necessity.
Support CMS, NYDOH, Medicare and Medicaid compliance.
Authority:
Issue interim clinical directives.
Require physician performance review.
Recommend privilege restriction through governance.
Escalate unresolved risks to CEO and Board.
Qualifications:
MD/DO with unrestricted NY license.
Board Certified; CMD preferred.
Executive multi-site SNF leadership.
Expertise in CMS, NY regulations, QAPI and value-based care.
First-Year Deliverables:
90 days: enterprise assessment.
180 days: physician scorecards and dashboards.
365 days: measurable quality and physician improvements.
Executive KPIs:
Resident outcomes.
Risk-adjusted readmissions.
CMS Five-Star trends.
Survey performance.
Physician engagement.
Strategic initiative execution.
Executive Competencies:
Visionary leadership; executive communication; systems thinking; physician engagement; strategic partnerships; financial stewardship; innovation; change management; Governing Body communication.