Physician, Concurrent Inpatient Review

About the Organization

The company supports clients in improving financial performance across the reimbursement cycle by combining clinical knowledge, scalable service models, and technology-enabled analytics. The goal is to deliver measurable results while helping internal teams grow through investment in professional development and long-term career opportunities.

Role Overview

This role is for a Medical Director focused on concurrent review, with the chance to assess hospital stays across the United States and act as a clinical advisor to client hospitals. The position centers on reviewing cases in real time and after discharge, determining the appropriate admission status, and helping hospitals strengthen compliance and payment accuracy. It is a remote position designed to offer a steady schedule and better work-life balance while broadening utilization review expertise.

Training and Schedule

The first four weeks consist of synchronous remote training from Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET, including a one-hour break.

After training, the role requires a minimum of 30 hours per week. Possible weekly schedules include:

• Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: 7 hours, 8 hours, 8 hours, and 7 hours respectively
• Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: 10 hours each day
• Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: 10 hours each day

Key Responsibilities

The physician will use clinical judgment to identify the important elements of each case review, assess hospital records in the EMR, and support appropriate admission-status decisions. The role also includes spotting workflow gaps and inefficiencies, communicating with attending physicians through secure messaging, text, and sometimes phone calls, and contributing to special projects, focus groups, training new Medical Directors, or organizational committees.

Requirements

Applicants must hold an MD or DO degree and have an active, unrestricted medical license in at least one U.S. state. The preferred clinical background includes Adult Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine, Nephrology, General Surgery, or Infectious Disease, with board certification preferred. Candidates need at least one year of post-residency acute-care adult hospital experience in a U.S. hospital within the last five years, or recent relevant physician advisor experience. Strong EMR familiarity, computer literacy, excellent written and verbal communication, and a collaborative mindset are also needed.

Compensation and Benefits

The role includes a salary with bonus opportunities. Benefits offered include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, holidays, paid time off, and an allowance for CME and/or license renewal. The organization also provides the hardware and software needed for the role.

Additional Information

This position supports hospitals that have faced recent challenges such as pandemics, changing regulations, and Medicare and private payer policy updates. The physician’s work helps improve compliance and payment accuracy so attending doctors can remain focused on direct patient care.

The position is expected to support client needs every day of the year, and the company notes that schedules are organized accordingly.

Physical requirements include strong hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity, the ability to work at a computer for 6 to 8 hours a day, comfort with prolonged sitting, the ability to occasionally lift up to 20 lbs, and the ability to handle a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions and deadlines.

This job description is intended as a guide and is not exhaustive. Other duties and requirements may be assigned as needed.