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Medical Director, Utilization Management Physician - Optum - Remote
UnitedHealth Group
Full-time
Houston, TX
other-general
Posted:
June 08, 2026
Location:
Houston, TX, United States
Job Description
**Requisition number:** 2345838
**Job category:** Medical & Clinical Operations
WellMed, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking an internal medicine or family medicine physician to join our Utilization Management team. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.
The Medical Director for Utilization Management will support WellMed Medical Management, Inc. by making utilization management determinations, identifying utilization trends suggesting possible over or under utilization of services and proactively suggesting improvements to WellMed Medical Management's utilization management program.
At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim....
**Job category:** Medical & Clinical Operations
WellMed, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking an internal medicine or family medicine physician to join our Utilization Management team. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.
The Medical Director for Utilization Management will support WellMed Medical Management, Inc. by making utilization management determinations, identifying utilization trends suggesting possible over or under utilization of services and proactively suggesting improvements to WellMed Medical Management's utilization management program.
At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim....
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Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
Houston, United States
Posted:
June 08, 2026
Deadline:
June 15, 2026