Contract Pulmonary Medicine: Critical Care Job in Boston, Massachusetts
This Pulmonary Medicine: Critical Care position in Boston, Massachusetts is offered as a contract arrangement. As a contractor, you would work under a defined agreement covering term, schedule, and rate, typically compensated on a 1099 basis. You would be responsible for arranging your own benefits, retirement, and tax withholding, and malpractice terms would be specified in the agreement rather than provided as a standard employee benefit. In exchange, this structure can offer scheduling flexibility.
This role is also listed among the practice's virtual arrangements, so a remote-based version of this position is available alongside the contract option.
- Patient call rotation: No call
- Emergency department call: No call
The financial offering for this listing is presented as open, meaning compensation terms are negotiable within the contract agreement rather than fixed in advance. This is a permanent opening, and no relocation assistance, signing bonus, training stipend, or loan assistance is included with this listing.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Pulmonary Medicine: Critical Care
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Contract, Virtual
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Lumetra Healthcare Solutions is an independent case review organization in California. We are seeking specialists to perform peer review of electronic health records for our contract with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The purpose of the project is to provide feedback to the VA on the quality of the care provided. They are using this information to track trends and revise policies where an opportunity to improve care is identified.
The Reviewer specifically comments on whether the care provided met professional standards and evidence-based practices and/or was medically necessary.
Briefly, this case review work includes the following:
Your role is as a contracted reviewer
There is no litigation involved
Reimbursement is $105/case
Reviews will take less than 1 hour to complete
Timeframe for completion of each review is 7-10 days from the date of notification of an available case
Reviews involve remotely accessing the VA’s electronic record: it is essential that the reviewer is confident with review of electronic health records.
As the largest Federal provider of healthcare with 152 medical centers and 732 associated outpatient clinics, the VHA’s clinical peer review program is viewed as a critical element of quality management. Most of our reviewers find the cases interesting and the work gratifying. This is a real opportunity to ensure that our Veterans receive the high quality of medical care they deserve.
- Structure of Financial Support: Contract
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $413,944 - $599,274 per year
- Relocation Allowance: No
- Signing Bonus: No
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: No
- Practice State: Massachusetts
- Practice City: Registered Candidates Only
- 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)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: No
- Facility Type: Managed Services Organization
- Number of Providers:
- Number of Employees:
- Agency: Lumetra Healthcare Solutions
