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Dane Street
Texas · Remote OK

Texas Licensed Physician Reviewer - Neurological Surgery

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Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Dane Street is an Independent Review Organization and a national provider of Utilization Review services (among other offerings) and we are expanding our physician panel resulting in opportunities for non-traditional physician work and supplemental income.

This is a telework opportunity for physicians providing a caseload customized to your schedule.

Our physician panel is comprised of independent contract reviewers (1099) compensated on a per-case basis.

We are looking for the specialties listed below with active Texas License to address the medical necessity of treatment requests and, in appeals, the medical necessity of previously denied services.

      • Neurological Surgery

The average time spent on most reviews is 15-20 minutes so it is possible to complete several cases within an hour.

Training and onboarding can be completed in less than 1 week and you can start earning compensation for reviews while maintaining your active practice. Contact us today about joining our panel of specialty reviewers!

Requirements

  • Current, unrestricted Texas Medical License
  • Active Practice
  • Board Certified

Benefits

  • Independent consultant role allows for schedule flexibility and predictable work hours. You choose services and case types, dictate volume, and conduct this work based on your scheduled availability
  • No doctor/patient relationship is established and no treatment is provided.

    These are advisory-only opinions

  • Typical TAT is 1-5 business days depending on the level of review. Same-day cases are rare but do occur.

    Dane Street keeps you apprised of required turn-around time and carefully coordinates all administrative tasks so your time is spent on clinical decision-making

  • Dane Street offers a streamlined case flow and a user-friendly work portal.

    We facilitate all communication, organize and sort all medical records, support all administrative processes, prep cases extensively, and ensure the quality and timely delivery of all determinations/reports

  • A chronological listing of medical records as well as all treatment guidelines used to make a determination are provided in an easy, click-to-view format
  • In cases where peer-to-peer calls are necessary (adverse determinations), Dane Street’s peer coordinators secure provider availability
  • Dane Street offers initial training as well as an ongoing point of contact should you have any questions about completing reviews

Certifications

Board Certification

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Texas Licensed Physician Reviewer - Neurological Surgery at Dane Street a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 1,016 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Dane Street holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 156 active listings.

Of the 40 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 98% have no call, 80% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 4 employers

401k / retirement match
81%
Sign-on bonus
25%
CME allowance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,016 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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