Family Practice opening - Columbus, NE

**Family Practice opening - Columbus, NE** Located 80m to Omaha, 80m to Lincoln J1/H1 Eligible **Position Details** - Full-time, permanent - Immediate fill (0-180 days) - Open to either new graduates or experienced physicians. - Since 2002, Health Group has served as a vital resource for the medically underserved in northeastern Nebraska. - Together with their co-located partner, Health Group operates two federally qualified health centers (FQHC), located in the small cities of Columbus and Fremont. - While the primary service area of the two clinics encompasses seven counties, in 2021, the two clinics saw a total of 10,399 patients from over 45 zip codes. - The current position is for the Columbus location. - Clinic is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Extended hours are Wednesdays, when the clinic is open until 7 p.m. - Support is one-on-one, and the clinics converted to NextGen in 2022. - Many staff members are bilingual in Spanish/English, and a language interpreting system is used for patient/provider translation. - Other support services include transportation to and from appointments using two new, handicapped accessible vans; an Outreach and Enrollment department that assists area residents who want to/are eligible to enroll in the healthcare marketplace, Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs for which they may qualify. - Telehealth services are also available for patients. This is an area that has expanded during **Compensation** - The salary range for the Physician is $88.62-$102.00/HR - Excellent benefit package includes health insurance, sick time, paid vacation, paid CEU, paid holidays, liability coverage. - Clinic is eligible for Student Loan repayment program through HRSA **About the Group** - In 2014, Health Group constructed a new building, and began seeing patients there in 2015. - The 29,400 square foot, $6.7 million project doubled the size of the previous facility and allowed staff and programs, which had been housed in three different Columbus locations, to be together in one building.  - The majority of the new building is devoted to patient space. - The clinical section of the shared facility has five provider bays, each with three exam rooms, an office, and a computer station. - The dental clinic has seven operatories, and four behavioral health offices. - The reception desk in the front entrance of the building has five medical office specialists, and there is a large patient waiting area as in the interior area of the building near the clinical space. - In Fall, 2020, Health Group remodeled a large, former storage shelled space, which is now a same-day clinic with two exam rooms and a reception desk. - A newly remodeled lab, an x-ray room, and an on-site, contract pharmacy, Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy, round out the clinic facilities. **Co-Location Details** - Co-located with a state- approved district health department serving four surrounding counties with programs including tobacco cessation; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Early Development Network (EDN), a state program assisting families with children, ages 0-3, who have developmental disabilities; Vaccines for Children; mold and radon abatement; a Public Health Emergency Preparedness program and; the four-county areas infectious disease monitoring program. - The co-location of these agencies offers increased opportunities to collaborate in providing needed services to area residents. **Patients Served** - Health Group has experienced growth in patient numbers in almost all of the last five years. - 11% growth in patients between 2018 and 2019 (a slight decrease in patient numbers in 2020-2021 can be assumed to be an anomaly, just one effect of the COVID-19 pandemic), and there is potential for growth within the service area. - Health Group is providing care to more than half (53%) of the uninsured patients in its seven-county service area, and is reaching 31% of low-income patients, and 12% of Medicaid patients, leaving over 40,000 people as potential patients. - While it would not be realistic to suggest that 100% of those patients would choose the Health Group, there is clearly continued opportunity for growth.