Primary Care Physician (IM/FM) - Metro Atlanta, GA
Listed compensation
$350K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Primary Care Physician – Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
- Metro Atlanta, GA (Suwanee / Gwinnett County) | Permanent | Full-Time or Part-Time
- Year One: $350K Salary + $50K Signing Bonus
An independent, physician-owned primary care practice in metro Atlanta is growing and hiring Internal Medicine and Family Medicine physicians on an ongoing basis. The practice is affiliated with a major regional health network and plans to expand across metro Atlanta. Physicians join a busy, well-supported office where they can build a full panel quickly.
The Position
- Specialty: Primary care physician, Internal Medicine or Family Medicine (either specialty is a fit)
- Patients: Adults 18 and older, mostly commercially insured
- Setting: Permanent, long-term, outpatient, on-site
- Schedule: Full-time or part-time, with a flexible start date
Location: Main office in Suwanee, GA (Gwinnett County), with plans to expand to every major city across metro Atlanta
About the Practice
Practice: Independent, family-oriented primary care practice owned and led by physicians, and affiliated with a major regional health network
Team: 5 physicians and 1 nurse practitioner. Physicians handle their own coding, and the billing team handles claims and collections.
Clinical support: RN team for patient triage, results calls, and inbox support; nurses for in-office procedures and testing; and a remote care team
Administrative support: Front desk check-in and check-out, scheduling, prior authorizations for medications and imaging, and billing, with an insurance collection rate over 98%
- EMR: eClinicalWorks with AI ambient recording, order sets, and templates
- In-office diagnostics: FibroScan, home sleep studies, DEXA, spirometry, ultrasound (echo and vascular studies), ECG, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and phlebotomy
- Board-certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
- A Georgia medical license and DEA registration, or the ability to obtain both before the start date
- A clean history, with no license, DEA, or privileging actions, payer exclusions, or malpractice history that would delay credentialing
- A desire to build a strong patient base, grow their compensation, and stay for the long term
- Graduate of a US medical school
- MD preferred
- Trained in an excellent residency program
- Two to three years of experience after residency
Strong Ties to the Atlanta Area
Year one: $350K salary plus a $50K signing bonus, based on a five-day week at three patients per hour
After year one: Base salary plus a productivity bonus, with total compensation well above $400K, and additional pay for helping establish a satellite location
Work-life balance: Monday through Friday, four- or five-day week, weekends and major holidays off, part-time considered, and light call shared among the physicians
Benefits: Student loan repayment, relocation assistance, malpractice with tail coverage, CME and license fees, health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with employer contribution, and generous paid time off
Key Responsibilities
Provide outpatient primary care to adult patients and build a strong patient panel in a physician-owned practice. Manage clinical documentation and coding, while collaborating with nursing, remote care, and administrative teams to support patient care and practice operations.
Requirements
Applicants must be board-certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine and hold, or be able to obtain before starting, a Georgia medical license and DEA registration. The posting seeks physicians with two to three years of post-residency experience, preferably graduates of a U.S. medical school and an excellent residency program, who have a clean credentialing history and a desire to build a long-term practice.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 44% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.5 / 10 · above average in primary care | ranked against 1,364 Primary Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $350k | Primary Care median $275k (middle half $255k–$305k)193 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$363k in purchasing power | Georgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Primary Care listings in Georgia | 57 active | 1,374 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 4% remote · 44% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Primary Care pay trend | +2.0% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| Implied production pay | ~$250k | $50/wRVU × 5,000 wRVUsCMS CPT frequencies; WeekdayDoc listing median $/wRVU |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician (IM/FM) - Metro Atlanta, GA at Commonwealth Medical Services a 6.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Primary Care — ranked against 1,364 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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