Contract Telemedicine: Internal Medicine Job in Anchorage, Alaska
This Internal Medicine telemedicine role is offered as a contract position. As an independent contractor, you would work under a defined agreement covering term, schedule, and rate, typically paid on a 1099 basis and responsible for your own benefits, retirement, and tax withholding; malpractice arrangements are addressed in the agreement itself. This structure can offer scheduling flexibility in exchange for the employer-provided benefits associated with a traditional employed role.
The financial offering for this position is listed at the National Average tier. There is no relocation assistance, signing bonus, training stipend, or loan assistance associated with this listing.
Call expectations are limited: this role carries no patient call and no emergency department call rotation. Candidates should be Board Certified or Board Eligible, hold an MD or DO degree (AMG or FMG), and be U.S. citizens.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Telemedicine: Internal Medicine
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Contract
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
We are currently seeking full-time or part-time Telemedicine Physicians to join our network! You may work from anywhere as long as you have access to an internet connection and telephone. Our clients provide patients to you and we cover software and malpractice. High earning potential based upon time availability. Great opportunity for Physicians licensed in multiple states:
Responsibilities:
- Perform Telemedicine consults from HIPAA compliant software
- Prescribe medications and treatments- patients will be looking for Single NDC pain creams, orthotic braces, acid reflux, migraine and routine lab orders, and non emergent consults ie ear infection, cold & flu (NEVER NARCOTICS!)
- Assess patient needs through Telephone consults and some video
- Communicate information to patients regarding diagnosis and treatment goals
- Maintain patient medical records
- Sign and return any pertinent prescriptions (electronically and only if necessary for patients)
Qualifications: Licensed to practice medicine in at least 1 state with an Active NPI number. Preference for multiple state licenses and pecos certification.
Additional Details:
- Type: Locum Tenens
- Est. Compensation: $135 - $149 / hour
- Compensation Details: $150 is the avg hourly rate. Payment is a per consult fee of $30 per consult- our experienced physicians do 8 to 10 an hr. We have some physicians who make $200 to $300 per hr. Others prefer to do 4 consults per hr. It is up to the Dr how much time they want/need to spend with the patient.
- Hospital Affiliations: Not Specified
- Visa Waiver: No
- Structure of Financial Support: Contract
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $303,524 per year
- Relocation Allowance: No
- Signing Bonus: No
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: No
- Practice State: Alaska
- Practice City: Anchorage
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: (not specified)
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Agency: Encore Telemedicine
