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Fort Collins, Colorado

Psychiatry Physician – Physician Practice Ownership Opportunity

PsychiatryFull-Time

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Job Description

Opportunity Overview

Many physicians are interested in practice ownership but are unsure where to start. Questions about financing, staffing, reimbursement, technology, operations, and growth can make the process feel overwhelming.

For many physicians, the challenge is not clinical expertise—it is understanding how to build and operate a successful business. This opportunity is designed for physicians who are evaluating practice ownership and want structured support while building a long-term medical practice.

Physicians retain full control of patient care, clinical operations, and medical decision-making. MedCBO provides guidance and support for the business side of the practice.

  • Who Is Typically Successful In This Model?
  • Physicians who thrive in this model often demonstrate the following characteristics:
  • Interest in building and leading a business, not simply practicing medicine
  • Long-term commitment to practice ownership
  • Desire to establish meaningful community and referral relationships
  • Understanding that successful practices require both clinical and business leadership
  • Financial discipline and realistic growth expectations
  • Wants to build a practice that can grow and succeed long-term
  • Realistic financial planning and willingness to invest in long-term practice success
  • This opportunity is best suited for physicians interested in practice ownership, leadership, and long-term practice development.
  • Examples of Physician Goals
  • Physicians commonly explore this model when they wish to:
  • Launch a new independent practice
  • Acquire an existing medical practice
  • Transition from employment to ownership
  • Establish a specialty practice in an underserved market
  • Build a long-term physician-led organization

How MedCBO Helps Physician Founders

  • MedCBO helps physician founders solve many of the business challenges associated with launching and operating a successful medical practice, including:
  • Improving collections and financial performance
  • Becoming billable and establishing payer relationships
  • Building a high-performing team
  • Understanding practice profitability and growth opportunities
  • Reducing operational and compliance risk
  • Implementing technology and workflow systems
  • Navigating vendor selection and business operations
  • Creating the infrastructure required for long-term success

Physician Responsibilities

Successful physician founders are typically committed to both clinical excellence and practice leadership. They understand that building a successful practice requires participation in business planning, community engagement, referral development, and long-term organizational growth.

  • Provide high-quality patient care within specialty scope
  • Build professional relationships within the local medical community to grow the practice
  • Participate in key business and growth decisions
  • Help shape the long-term vision of the practice
  • Maintain clinical quality and patient experience standards

Requirements

  • MD or DO degree
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in their respective field of medicine
  • Unrestricted medical license or ability to obtain licensure in intended practice state
  • Eligibility for hospital and/or facility privileges where applicable
  • Ability to obtain professional liability coverage and other required insurance at standard market rates

Location

Multiple U.S. markets available. Market selection is physician-directed and subject to applicable licensure and regulatory requirements.

Important Disclosure

Physicians interested in this opportunity work directly with MedCBO to evaluate market opportunities, financing considerations, operational requirements, and practice readiness before establishing or acquiring a practice. This is not an employed physician position. Physicians establish, acquire, or operate their own medical practice entity. MedCBO provides non-clinical administrative and business support services only.

Practice performance, revenue, and financial outcomes vary based on specialty, market conditions, physician activity, payer mix, and business decisions. MedCBO does not guarantee practice performance, income, financing approval, or business results.

Key Responsibilities

The physician is responsible for establishing or acquiring an independent medical practice while maintaining high standards of clinical care. They must also actively participate in business operations, community engagement, and long-term strategic growth of the practice.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

PsychiatryPractice ManagementBusiness DevelopmentClinical LeadershipRegulatory ComplianceStrategic PlanningOperations ManagementPayer Relations

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

In Colorado, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$319k (52 salary observations; 200 listings), vs ~$320k nationally (1,165 salary observations; 6,292 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 42% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Psychiatrist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution39 jobs · 26 employers

10
<$345k
6
$345k-400k
8
$400k-455k
12
$455k-510k
3
$510k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
82%
Sign-on bonus
48%
CME allowance
48%
Loan repayment
12%
Relocation assistance
12%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$210-$270/hr
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Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists · Orange, California

$360k-$541k
#3

Psychiatrist

$200-$250/hr
#4

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$320k-$500k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.5this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,753 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Fort Collins

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$531k
Typical market rent
$1,960/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

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