Physician Advisor - FT
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This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open physician jobs in Massachusetts post a median of $150 an hour, the middle half $137.50–$190.96, across 72 jobs that state their pay. Physicians employed in Massachusetts earn a median of $113.74 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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About the job
The Physician Advisor serves as a physician leader and strategic partner to hospital administration, medical staff, case management, utilization management, clinical documentation integrity (CDI), health information management (HIM), and revenue cycle teams. This non-clinical leadership role supports the delivery of medically necessary, high-quality, and efficient patient care while advancing organizational goals related to patient throughput, length of stay, documentation integrity, denial prevention, regulatory compliance, and physician engagement.
The Physician Advisor collaborates closely with physicians, nursing leadership, case management, CDI, HIM, and executive leadership to improve clinical, operational, quality, and financial outcomes across the organization.
Perform secondary physician reviews and medical necessity determinations. Conduct peer-to-peer discussions with payer medical directors. Support denial prevention, appeal, and overturn activities. Collaborate with case management and utilization management teams regarding level-of-care determinations. Provide physician leadership and support for utilization management initiatives and committees. Participate in multidisciplinary rounds, eTEMPO, and patient throughput activities. Support observation management and length-of-stay optimization initiatives. Partner with CDI and HIM teams to improve documentation quality, accuracy, and compliance. Conduct one-on-one physician education and coaching based on identifying outlier performance through our data platforms. Serve as a liaison between medical staff and hospital leadership.
Education
Required: Doctor of Medicine Degree (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree (D.O.).
Experience
Required: Active or recent hospital-based clinical practice experience.
Preferred: Prior Physician Advisor experience. Utilization Management experience. CDI or Case Management experience. Medical Staff leadership experience. Experience with MCG and/or InterQual criteria. Familiarity with Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and Commercial payer processes.
Certifications
Required: Active unrestricted medical license. Board certification by an ABMS-recognized specialty board.
From Tenet Healthcare's job posting, checked 13 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Tenet Healthcare
Tenet Healthcare is a for-profit, publicly traded health care company in Dallas with nearly 100,000 (source: Tenet Healthcare, Form 10-K for 2025 (SEC)) employees. It runs 50 (source: Tenet Healthcare, Form 10-K for 2025 (SEC)) acute care and specialty hospitals in eight states and, through USPI, more than 500 (source: Tenet Healthcare, Form 10-K for 2025 (SEC)) ambulatory surgery centers and 26 (source: Tenet Healthcare, Form 10-K for 2025 (SEC)) surgical hospitals in 37 (source: Tenet Healthcare, Form 10-K for 2025 (SEC)) states. Source: Tenet Healthcare, Form 10-K for 2025 (SEC)
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