Board-Certified Cardiologist
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Job Description
Dane Street is expanding our physician panel! We are seeking a skilled and board-certified Cardiologist in Sterling Heights, MI, to join our team for Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs). This role offers flexible scheduling, allowing you to select or decline assignments based on your availability. Our physician panel is comprised of independent contract reviewers (1099) compensated on a per-case basis.
Dane Street is a national leader in Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) and peer review services, trusted by insurance carriers and organizations across the country for objective, high-quality medical evaluations.
Key Responsibilities
Thorough Review of Medical Records
- Perform in-person evaluations of patients with cardiovascular conditions.
- Respond to clinical queries to support claims management
- Deliver detailed IME reports within an expected turnaround time of 5 days
Qualifications
- Board-certification required.
- Previous experience in performing IMEs is preferred.
- Strong analytical skills and excellent communication abilities are a plus
If you are a dedicated Cardiologist looking for a flexible opportunity to apply your expertise in an IME capacity, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits
Robust Opportunity for Supplemental Income
Schedule flexibility and predictable work hours-conduct exams and reviews based on your schedule availability
No doctor/patient relationship is established, and no treatment is provided. These are advisory-only opinions.
Enhanced industry expertise, strengthening your medical practice with medical necessity and utilization review/management expertise
- Expanded credentials as an expert in Independent Medical Exams
- Fully prepped cases, streamlined case flow, transcription services at no cost, and a user-friendly work portal
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Board-Certified Cardiologist at Dane Street a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Cardiology — ranked against 569 active Cardiology listings on WeekdayDoc.
Cardiology — Physician Career Context
Dane Street holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 156 active listings.
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.
Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 75% have no call, 20% require no weekends.
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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Living in Sterling Heights
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $314k
- Typical market rent
- $1,526/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 100.3
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.