Collaborating Physician - Mississippi

Icon Health • Olive Branch, MS

6d • Remote

About The Position

Icon Health is seeking a board-certified Family Medicine physician with fellowship training in Sports Medicine to serve as a collaborating physician for their Advanced Practice Provider (APP) team in Mississippi. This role is designed to fulfill licensing, credentialing, and collaboration requirements under Mississippi law. The physician must reside and practice physically within Mississippi and be committed to timely, responsive, and partnership-oriented collaboration activities. The collaborating physician will oversee Icon Health’s Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners under a Practice Agreement, which outlines the medical services APPs are authorized to perform based on their competency, education, training, and experience. APP duties may include patient care, signing forms, supervising medical assistants and care coordinators, and prescribing medications within their scope. While not required to be physically present during APP services, the collaborating physician must be available by phone or electronic means as per Mississippi regulations and Icon Health’s guidelines.

Requirements

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level