Primary Care Physician (IM/FM) - Metro Atlanta, GA

Primary CareNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$350K

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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

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Medical CodingDiagnostic TestingElectronic Medical RecordsPatient Panel Development

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).

What does the Primary Care market look like in Georgia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.5 / 10 · above average in primary careranked against 1,364 Primary Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$350kPrimary Care median $275k (middle half $255k–$305k)193 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$363k in purchasing powerGeorgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Primary Care listings in Georgia57 active1,374 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,364 Primary Care listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), CMS Physician Fee Schedule; as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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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Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.5
Better work-life than 50% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,364 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Commonwealth Medical Services

Hospitals and Health Care
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Student Loan Repayment
Relocation Assistance
Malpractice with Tail Coverage
CME
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401(k) with Employer Contribution

Living in Suwanee

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$461k≈ 1.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,952/mo≈ 7% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.