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Montgomery, Alabama

2026 Primary Care Physician (Montgomery, AL)

Primary CareIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

About the Role

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Primary Care Physician (PCP) works as a lead in our team-based care model. We are a value-based care provider focused on quality of care for the patients we serve.

Our care team consists of physicians, advanced practice professionals, pharmacists, care associates, medical assistants, behavioral health support, quality-based coders, referral coordinators and more. Our approach allows us to provide an unmatched experience for seniors.

Our model is positioned to provide higher quality care and better outcomes for seniors by providing a concierge experience, multidisciplinary services, coordinated care supported by analytics and tools, and deep community relationships.

This robust support allows our PCP to see fewer patients and spend more time caring for patients.

What You'll Do

Primary Responsibilities

  • Evaluates and treats center patients in accordance with standards of care
  • Assists in the coordination of patient services, including but not limited to specialty referrals when appropriate, hospital and SNF coordination, durable medical equipment and home health care
  • Acts as an active participant and key source of medical expertise with the care team through daily huddles

Helps Lead Physician and Center Administrator in setting a tone of cooperation in practice by displaying a professional and approachable demeanor

Completes all medical record documentation daily working with a quality- based coder to optimize comprehensive documentation

  • Follows policy and protocol defined by Clinical Leadership
  • Meets with Lead Physician about quality of care, review of outcome data, and medical records issues

Clinically focused on direct patient care, inclusive of patient facing time and general administrative time (charting, meetings, etc.) as it relates to direct patient care

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university

Current and unrestricted medical license or willing to obtain a medical license in state of practice; eligible and willing to obtain licenses in other states in the region of assignment, as required

Board Certification or Eligible to become certified (ABMS or AOA) in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine preferred

  • Active and unrestricted DEA license
  • Medicare Provider Number

Medicaid Provider Number

  • Demonstrate a high level of skill with interpersonal relationships and communications with colleagues/patients
  • Fully engaged in the concept of team-based care model
  • Willingness and ability to learn/adapt to practice in a value-based care setting
  • Superior patient / customer service
  • Basic computer skills, including email and EMR
  • This role is considered patient facing. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of HEDIS/STARS
  • Knowledge of CAHPS and HOS
  • Experience working in medically underserved/culturally diverse communities
  • Experience working with an electronic health record
  • Experience working in Medicare Advantage Global Risk Models

Additional Information

Guaranteed Base Salary + Bonus

  • Excellent benefit package – health insurance effective the first of the month following your start of employment
  • CME Allowance/Time Off
  • Occurrence Based Malpractice Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Life Insurance/Short- and Long-term Disability
  • Paid Time Off/Holidays
  • Minimal Call

Key Responsibilities

The Primary Care Physician leads a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, value-based care for senior patients. Responsibilities include evaluating patients, coordinating specialty referrals, and maintaining comprehensive medical records.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationCare CoordinationMedical DocumentationInterpersonal CommunicationElectronic Medical Records

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 50% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 37 employers

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$410k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks42 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
Sign-on bonus
62%
CME allowance
52% this job
Relocation assistance
40%
Loan repayment
21%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,333 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Montgomery

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$157k
Typical market rent
$1,338/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.7
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Montgomery, AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Sage Health

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Benefits & Perks

Guaranteed base salary + bonus
Health insurance effective first of month after start
CME Allowance/Time Off
Occurrence Based Malpractice Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance/Short- and Long-term Disability
Paid Time Off/Holidays
Minimal Call