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Longshore IME & Peer Review - Psychiatry

Dane Street, LLCCorpus Christi, Texas🇺🇸United StatesPosted 28 May 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Leverage your psychiatric expertise to provide crucial evaluations for Longshore cases and expand your professional credentials in medical necessity. This independent contractor role offers flexible, case-based assignments with the opportunity to supplement your income while developing valuable IME and peer review skills. If you are a Board-certified or eligible Psychiatrist with a Texas license and a commitment to objective analysis, this role is an excellent way to enhance your career.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Posted
3 months ago

Job Description

We are expanding our physician panel for Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) cases and are seeking experienced Psychiatrists to perform:

  • Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs)
  • Peer Reviews
  • Or both

Primary demand is within a 50-mile range of Corpus Christi, Texas, particularly in Psychiatry.

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 Psychiatry
  • Must be AMA 6th Edition Certified (or willing to become certified)
  • 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

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