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Long Tail Health Solutions
Long Beach, California

Physician Advisor

Utilization ManagementContract

Compensation

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Job Description

About the Role

The Physician Advisor will provide physician advisor services designed to support and augment the health system’s utilization management, case management, revenue cycle, clinical documentation improvement, and related clinical operations.

What You'll Do

  • medical necessity and patient status review;
  • inpatient, outpatient, and observation status support;
  • physician-to-physician consultation;
  • payer peer-to-peer reviews and appeals;
  • complex case and discharge barrier escalation including MDRs;
  • post-acute care appeals;
  • length-of-stay and readmission management support;
  • physician engagement and education regarding utilization management, documentation, and applicable CMS and payer requirements.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • 1. Doctorate from an accredited Medical or Osteopathic School
  • 2. 3 years of experience in a clinical practice
  • 3. Prior experience in physician advisory OR certification as a physician advisor
  • 4. Board Certified in applicable specialty
  • 5. Active medical staff privileges at health system obtained within ninety (90) days of hire

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Advisor will support utilization management, case management, and revenue cycle operations through clinical reviews and documentation improvement. They will also facilitate physician-to-physician consultations, manage payer appeals, and educate staff on CMS and payer requirements.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Medical Necessity ReviewDischarge PlanningLength-of-stay ManagementCMS RequirementsPhysician Education

Utilization Management — Physician Career Context

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in California2,714 active22,639 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Physician pay trend+1.7% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Physician roles listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,456 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Long Tail Health Solutions

Technology, Information and Internet
11-50 employees

Living in Long Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$961k
Typical market rent
$2,412/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.