What career opportunities are available to physicians in the disability insurance field? With the aging population and the increasing number of Americans seeking disability, the disability field is rapidly expanding, needing more and more physicians.

Constantine Gean, MD, speaking at the SEAK Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference listed just a few of the opportunities available to physicians:

Private Disability

Insurance

  •  Disability Assessment    
    •  IME
    •  Employed MDs
    •  Contractors
  •  Disability Underwriting

 

Workers’ Comp. Disability

Disability Assessment

  •  IME
  •  Employed MDs
  •  Contractors

Utilization Review

 

Social Security Disability

Disability Assessment

  •  IMEs (aka ‘CE’s’)
  •  Govt MD employees
  •  Federal Expert Units
  •  Contract Evaluators

 

Municipal Disability

  •  IMEs
  •  Employed MD Directors
  •  Contract Evaluators

 

PI Disability Assessment

  •  IMEs

 

Automobile Disability

  •  IMEs