Primary Care Physician Opportunity in Ohio | Columbus & Cincinnati | $300K+ Potential | Value-Based Care
Listed compensation
$300K+ potential
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Healthcare United is seeking a Lead Primary Care Physician for outpatient, value-based primary care opportunities in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine physician who is interested in a mission-driven primary care model with smaller patient panels, longer patient visits, strong team support, and a focus on improving outcomes for medically complex patient populations.
The physician will provide direct outpatient primary care while also serving as a clinical leader within an interdisciplinary care team. This role is ideal for a provider who enjoys patient care, team collaboration, population health, chronic disease management, and helping reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions.
The care model is built around whole-person care, strong provider support, care coordination, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, nursing, and clinical leadership.
- Job Responsibilities
- Provide outpatient primary care to adult patients in a value-based care setting
- Manage chronic conditions, preventive care, acute visits, post-hospital follow-up, and ER follow-up
- Lead and collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team
- Support APPs, nurses, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, nutrition, and care management teams
- Help develop care plans for medically complex patients
- Participate in population health huddles and quality improvement initiatives
- Work to reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions
- Support transitional care planning across the continuum of care
- Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to providers and staff
- Use data, EHR tools, and quality metrics to improve patient outcomes
- Serve as a clinical leader within the local market
Requirements
- MD or DO degree required
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
- Active or eligible for an unrestricted Ohio medical license
- Primary care, outpatient medicine, community health, FQHC, or value-based care experience preferred
- Clinical leadership experience preferred
- Experience mentoring physicians, APPs, or care teams preferred
- Comfortable caring for medically complex and underserved patient populations
- Strong communication, leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a team-based, outcomes-driven care model
- No visa sponsorship available for the Columbus role
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with $300K+ potential
- Cincinnati role may include signing bonus up to $50,000
- Full-time outpatient schedule
- Monday-Friday schedule
- Smaller patient panels, generally around 10-12 patients per day
- Longer patient visits and stronger provider-patient relationships
Value-based Care Model with Strong Team Support
- Interdisciplinary support including behavioral health, pharmacy, nursing, social work, nutrition, and care management
- Opportunity to combine direct patient care with clinical leadership
- Mission-driven work with medically complex patient populations
- Supportive outpatient environment focused on quality outcomes
Key Responsibilities
Provide outpatient primary care to adult patients within a value-based care model, focusing on chronic disease management and reducing avoidable hospitalizations. Serve as a clinical leader by mentoring staff and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 40% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$300k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $323k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.3 / 10 · top 10% in primary care | ranked against 1,335 Primary Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $300k | Primary Care median $275k (middle half $260k–$305k)180 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$323k in purchasing power | Ohio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Primary Care listings in Ohio | 47 active | 1,335 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 40% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $50k sign-on | Ohio Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 8% offer loan repayment645 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Primary Care hiring demand | #17 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 42 days · 39% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 503 postings, 521 closed |
| New Primary Care listings | 976 in the last 30 days | 549 the 30 days before (+78%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Primary Care pay trend | −1.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician Opportunity in Ohio | Columbus & Cincinnati | $300K+ Potential | Value-Based Care at Healthcare United a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Primary Care — ranked against 1,335 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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