Collaborating Physician - Alabama

Icon Health; Central City (KY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Icon Health in Kentucky is seeking a board-certified collaborating physician to support our Advanced Practice Provider team. The physician must live and practice in Kentucky and will help with licensing, credentialing, CAQH updates, and clinical collaboration under the Practice Agreement.

The role involves availability by telephone or electronic means when APPs provide care, supervising medical assistants, and guiding patient care when APPs encounter cases beyond their competency.

Qualifications

• Board-certified in listed specialties and licensed in Kentucky.
• Physically located and practicing in Kentucky.
• Collaborative physician for APPs and credentialing supportive.
• Responsive, organized, and able to move quickly on submissions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as collaborating physician for Icon Health APPs practicing in Kentucky.
• Support licensing, CAQH updates, payer enrollment, and related admin tasks.
• Be available by telephone or electronic means when APPs provide care.
• Provide clinical guidance and consultation when APPs encounter complex cases.
• Support appropriate referral or escalation when clinically indicated.
• Participate in APP competency evaluation and peer review processes.
• Collaborate to ensure APPs have required qualifications and training.
• Review and update the Practice Agreement as conditions change.

Skills

Sports Medicine

PM&R

Physiatry

Interventional Pain Medicine

Job description

About Icon Health

Icon Health is helping expand access to high-quality orthopedic care through a collaborative, value-based model that combines telehealth, in-person services, care navigation, and trusted provider partnerships. We are a team of experienced healthcare professionals and clinicians who are passionate about improving how orthopedic care is delivered—making it easier for patients to access the right care, supporting clinicians with coordinated workflows, and partnering with high-performing provider networks to improve outcomes.

Our mission is to advance value-based orthopedic care by aligning patient experience, clinical outcomes, and provider collaboration.

Job Title: Collaborating Physician

Icon Health is seeking a board-certified physician to serve as a collaborating physician for our Advanced Practice Provider team. Must have an office local in Kentucky.

This role is intended to support licensing, credentialing, and collaboration requirements under Kentucky law. The physician must live and practice physically in the state of Kentucky and be willing to participate in required collaboration activities in a timely, responsive, and partnership-oriented manner.

The collaborating physician will work with Icon Health’s Physician Assistants under Icon Health’s Practice Agreement, which defines the medical services APPs are authorized to perform based on their demonstrated competency, education, training, and experience. APP services may include patient care activities, signing appropriate forms, supervising medical assistants and care coordinators, and prescribing medications appropriate to the APP’s level of training, expertise, and applicable law.

The collaborating physician is not required to be physically present while APPs provide medical services; however, they must be available by telephone or other electronic means when APPs are providing services, consistent with Kentucky requirements and Icon Health’s collaboration guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

The collaborating physician will be expected to:

• Serve as a collaborating physician for Icon Health APPs practicing in Kentucky.
• Support licensing, credentialing, CAQH updates, payer enrollment, and related administrative requirements.
• Be available by telephone or other electronic means when APPs are providing medical services, as required by applicable law and the Practice Agreement.
• Provide clinical collaboration, guidance, and consultation when APPs encounter patient care needs that exceed their competency, education, training, or experience.
• Support appropriate referral or escalation to a physician or other healthcare professional when clinically indicated.
• Participate in Icon Health’s APP competency and qualification evaluation process, including peer review activities based on the applicable standard of care.
• Collaborate with Icon Health to ensure APPs have the qualifications, training, and experience necessary to perform authorized medical services, procedures, and medication/device ordering or furnishing activities.
• Review and approve the Practice Agreement on a regular basis and support updates when warranted by changes in conditions, circumstances, regulations, or clinical operations.
• Sign required collaboration, credentialing, and regulatory documentation in a timely manner.

Candidate Requirements

The ideal candidate will be:

• Board certified in Sports Medicine, PM&R, Physiatry, Interventional Pain Medicine, or similar
• Actively licensed and in good standing in Kentucky.
• Physically located and practicing in the state of Kentucky.
• Comfortable serving in a collaborative physician capacity for APPs.
• Responsive, organized, and willing to move quickly to support credentialing submissions and CAQH profile updates.
• Aligned with Icon Health’s mission to improve orthopedic access, outcomes, and patient experience through a collaborative, value-based care model.

Work Conditions:

• Location: Remote
• Compensation: Paid per APP
• Schedule: Monday to Friday
• Job Type: Contract

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