Collaborating Physician - Mississippi
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Contract · remote
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
About Icon Health
Icon Health is helping expand access to high-quality orthopedic care through a collaborative, value-based model that combines telehealth, in-person services, care navigation, and trusted provider partnerships. We are a team of experienced healthcare professionals and clinicians who are passionate about improving how orthopedic care is delivered—making it easier for patients to access the right care, supporting clinicians with coordinated workflows, and partnering with high-performing provider networks to improve outcomes.
Our mission is to advance value-based orthopedic care by aligning patient experience, clinical outcomes, and provider collaboration.
Job Title: Collaborating Sports Medicine Physician
Icon Health is seeking a board-certified Family Medicine physician with fellowship training in Sports Medicine to serve as a collaborating physician for our Advanced Practice Provider team. Must have an office local in Mississippi.
This role is intended to support licensing, credentialing, and collaboration requirements under Mississippi law. The physician must live and practice physically in the state of Mississippi and be willing to participate in required collaboration activities in a timely, responsive, and partnership-oriented manner.
The collaborating physician will work with Icon Health’s Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners under Icon Health’s Practice Agreement, which defines the medical services APPs are authorized to perform based on their demonstrated competency, education, training, and experience. APP services may include patient care activities, signing appropriate forms, supervising medical assistants and care coordinators, and prescribing medications appropriate to the APP’s level of training, expertise, and applicable law.
The collaborating physician is not required to be physically present while APPs provide medical services; however, they must be available by telephone or other electronic means when APPs are providing services, consistent with Mississippi requirements and Icon Health’s collaboration guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
The collaborating physician will be expected to:
Serve as a collaborating physician for Icon Health APPs practicing in Mississippi.
Support licensing, credentialing, CAQH updates, payer enrollment, and related administrative requirements.
Be available by telephone or other electronic means when APPs are providing medical services, as required by applicable law and the Practice Agreement.
Provide clinical collaboration, guidance, and consultation when APPs encounter patient care needs that exceed their competency, education, training, or experience.
Support appropriate referral or escalation to a physician or other healthcare professional when clinically indicated.
Participate in Icon Health’s APP competency and qualification evaluation process, including peer review activities based on the applicable standard of care.
Collaborate with Icon Health to ensure APPs have the qualifications, training, and experience necessary to perform authorized medical services, procedures, and medication/device ordering or furnishing activities.
Review and approve the Practice Agreement on a regular basis and support updates when warranted by changes in conditions, circumstances, regulations, or clinical operations.
Sign required collaboration, credentialing, and regulatory documentation in a timely manner.
Candidate Requirements
The ideal candidate will be:
Board certified in Family Medicine.
Fellowship trained in Sports Medicine.
Actively licensed and in good standing in Mississippi.
Physically located and practicing in the state of Mississippi.
Comfortable serving in a collaborative physician capacity for APPs.
Responsive, organized, and willing to move quickly to support credentialing submissions and CAQH profile updates.
Aligned with Icon Health’s mission to improve orthopedic access, outcomes, and patient experience through a collaborative, value-based care model.
Work Conditions:
Location: Remote
Compensation: Paid per APP
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Job Type: Contract
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Requirements
Candidates must be board-certified in Family Medicine with fellowship training in Sports Medicine and hold an active, good-standing license in Mississippi. The role requires the physician to be physically located in Mississippi and possess strong organizational skills for managing credentialing and collaboration activities.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Collaborating Physician - Mississippi at Icon Health a 6.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Sports Medicine — ranked against 36 active Sports Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.
Sports Medicine — Physician Career Context
Icon Health holds gold-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 91/100, 6 active listings.
Of the 31 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 23% are remote, 52% have no call, 61% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
6.7/10 work-life score · Above average in Sports Medicine — ranked against 36 active roles in this specialty
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