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Birmingham, Alabama · Remote OK

Collaborating Physician - Alabama

Sports Medicine 9.3 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsContract

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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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Live Interviews: We never hire based on text or chat alone. Our multi-stage interview process always involves several live conversations with our team members via phone and/or web conference.

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If you receive a suspicious request or an email from a different domain claiming to represent Icon Health, please do not engage

Requirements

Candidates must be board-certified in a relevant specialty and hold an active, good-standing medical license in Kentucky. The physician is required to reside and practice physically within the state of Kentucky while maintaining availability for remote collaboration.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Regulatory CompliancePractice Agreement Management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Collaborating Physician - Alabama at Icon Health a 9.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 5% in Sports Medicine — ranked against 34 active Sports Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.

Sports Medicine — Physician Career Context

Icon Health holds gold-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 91/100, 8 active listings.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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  • No call
  • No weekends
  • Remote