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Dane Street
Frankfort, Illinois

Board Certified-General Surgeon

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Per-case compensation

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Job Description

Dane Street is expanding our physician panel! We are seeking a skilled and board-certified General Surgeon in Illinois 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 (specialty) issues
  • Respond to clinical queries to support claims management
  • Deliver detailed IME reports within an expected turnaround time of 5 days

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

  • 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 General Surgery doctor looking for a flexible opportunity to apply your expertise in an IME capacity, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical Record ReviewPatient EvaluationClinical Query ResponseMedical Reporting

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Board Certified-General Surgeon at Dane Street a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery — ranked against 988 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.

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 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 88% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Surgeon Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution42 jobs · 7 employers

18
$300k
19
$350k
0
$400k-450k
0
$450k-500k
5
$500k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
87%
Sign-on bonus
15%
CME allowance
8%
Relocation assistance
8%
Loan repayment
3%

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#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 7.1
Better work-life than 80% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 988 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Frankfort

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$396k
Median resident rent
$2,442/mo
Residents’ average commute
35 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Dane Street

Insurance
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule
Transcription Services
Prepped Cases
User-Friendly Portal