Hospice Visit Physician (Field)
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Job Description
- Find Your Passion and Purpose as a Hospice Visit Physician
- Location: Madison Heights, MI
- Remote/Virtual Position: In-person
- Coverage Area: Greater Detroit Area
- Salary: Per visit
- Schedule: PRN
What You Need to Know
AccentCare is seeking a hospice field visit physician that can provide compassionate, patient-centered medical care to individuals with serious, advanced, or terminal illnesses. This role is responsible for conducting hospice and/or palliative care visits, evaluating patients for hospice eligibility and recertification, managing pain and symptoms, and supporting patients and families through goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions.
Job Responsibilities
- Evaluate patients for pain, symptom management, and hospice eligibility (admissions and recertifications).
- Counsel patients and families on care options and advance care planning.
- Order tests, initiate treatment, and conduct face-to-face visits as needed.
- Serve as Attending Physician when appropriate.
- Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and communicate with attending physicians to ensure continuity.
- Manage patient medications.
- Participate in on-call rotation and provide 24/7 availability when assigned.
- Complete timely and compliant clinical documentation.
- If you meet these qualifications, we would love to meet you:
- Must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) in the state(s) of practice, with training or experience in caring for chronically or terminally ill patients
- Maintains active DEA license
Valid Driver’s License
- Working knowledge of hospice and palliative care, including pain and symptom management.
- Familiarity with hospice regulations and Medicare requirements.
- Strong clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication skills for interaction with patients, families, and providers.
- Ability to manage complex clinical and ethical situations in end-of-life care.
- (Preferred) Hospice or hospice visit experience
Why AccentCare?
Caring for others is more than what you do — it’s who you are. At AccentCare, you’ll join a purpose-driven, collaborative culture that sets the standard for excellence and gives you the trust and tools to do your best work. You’ll belong to a team that cares deeply for patients and each other; a team committed to consistently providing exceptional care.
We’re proud to be named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2025 by Newsweek — a reflection of our shared commitment to excellence, integrity and compassion as we shape the future of aging in place. When you thrive, so does the community of care we’re building together.
Key Responsibilities
The physician will conduct hospice and palliative care visits to evaluate patients for eligibility, manage pain and symptoms, and support families with care planning. They are responsible for coordinating care with interdisciplinary teams and maintaining timely, compliant clinical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) with an active DEA license and a valid driver's license. Experience in caring for chronically or terminally ill patients and knowledge of hospice regulations are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Hospice and Palliative Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Michigan, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$301k (118 salary observations; 1,170 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,462 salary observations; 55,655 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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