Why This Role Stands Out
Leverage your expertise as an Otolaryngologist to provide critical insights for Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act cases, offering flexible, case-based assignments with supplemental income potential. If you are a board-certified or eligible physician with experience in IMEs and peer reviews, this opportunity allows you to contribute to important evaluations while managing your schedule. Apply today to join a reputable organization and expand your professional contributions.
Quick Overview
Job Description
We are expanding our physician panel for Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) cases and are seeking experienced Otolaryngologists to perform:
- Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs)
- Peer Reviews
- Or both
Primary demand is within a 50-mile range of Beaumont, Texas, particularly in Otolaryngology.
This is an independent contractor opportunity offering flexible, case-based assignments.
Responsibilities
- Conduct in-person, objective, defensible IMEs for Longshore cases
- Perform comprehensive peer reviews of medical records
- Provide detailed, timely written reports
- Maintain compliance with LHWCA standards and documentation requirements
- Active, unrestricted Texas medical license
- US Board-certified or board-eligible in Otolaryngology
- Must be AMA 6th Edition Certified (or willing to become certified)
- Experience performing 30+ Longshore IMEs and/or Peer Reviews
- Prior work with third-party administrators (TPAs), insurance carriers, employers, or IME vendors
- Multi-state Longshore case experience, prior Longshore IME and/or Peer Review experience strongly preferred but not required
- Strong analytical and report-writing skills
- Ability to manage case timelines independently
Preferred Experience
- Experience performing 30+ Longshore IMEs and/or Peer Reviews
- Prior work with third-party administrators (TPAs), insurance carriers, employers, or IME vendors
- Multi-state Longshore case experience
- Opportunity for supplemental income
- Schedule flexibility and predictable work hours-conduct exams and reviews based on your schedule availability
- No doctor/patient relationship is established, and no treatment is provided. These are advisory-only opinions.
- Enhanced industry expertise, strengthening your medical practice with medical necessity and utilization review/management expertise
- Expanded credentials as an expert in Independent Medical Exams
- Fully prepped cases, streamlined case flow, transcription services at no cost, and a user-friendly work portal