Physician - Chesterton & Merrillville, IN

Primary Care Physician

Marathon Health is a leading provider of advanced primary care in the U.S., serving 2.5 million eligible patients through approximately 630 employer and union-sponsored clients. Our comprehensive services include advanced primary care, mental health, occupational health, musculoskeletal, and pharmacy services, delivered through our 680+ health centers across 41 states. We also offer virtual primary care and mental health services accessible in all 50 states. Transforming healthcare delivery with a patient-first approach, we prioritize convenient access to both in-person and virtual care, resulting in improved health outcomes and significant cost savings. Committed to inclusivity and collaboration, we foster a positive work environment and recruit exceptional talent to ensure expertise and compassion in healthcare delivery. Marathon has been recognized as a five-time Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work in Healthcare winner and a six-time Best in KLAS award winner for employer-sponsored healthcare services.

Marathon Health is proud to partner with Urschel Laboratories to provide a dedicated health center designed to support the well-being of Urschel team members. Together, Marathon Health and Urschel are committed to delivering convenient, high-quality care that helps employees stay healthy and supported.

Urschel Laboratories, Inc. is a locally minded, globally driven company. Voted best company to work for two years in a row in 2024 and 2025, Urschel produces high-capacity, industrial food cutting machinery to assist food processors to feed the world. Every day, consumers purchase food products that are made using Urschel cutting equipment. Employees design and construct machines in Chesterton, Indiana, and ship them around the world. As a 100% employee-owned company, over 500 strong, Urschel's commitment to quality is reflected in our exceptional team of employee-owners. In business since 1910, the culture at Urschel promotes the wellness of each employee and is a strong supporter of local community initiatives where our employees work and live.

Why Marathon Health?

We provide high quality, proactive primary care to adults and children in partnership with local employers or unions. We focus on prevention and wellness, acute and chronic disease management, and maximizing provider-patient relationships. We seek providers who are passionate about providing full-spectrum primary care resulting in top-notch clinical quality, outstanding service, and reduced overall health costs.

We offer providers:

• Smaller patient panel (less than half the traditional PCP panel size)
• More time with your patients: appointments range from 20 to 60 minutes
• Fewer administrative and insurance-related tasks
• The opportunity to work within a team of professionals who are passionate about improving the U.S. healthcare system

Physician Benefits:

• Non-production-based compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits, including CME, medical license, DEA, and malpractice coverage
• Regular provider meetings, such as journal clubs and grand rounds, for ongoing learning, development, and team collaboration

About the Job

You will provide patient-centered primary care to employees at our health centers based in Chesterton and Merrillville, Indiana through Employer-Sponsored Direct Primary Care. This is an exciting opportunity for a primary care career where you can truly have it all: a smaller panel where you spend as much time as you want with your patients... without financial risk. Welcome to Marathon Health™, the leader in bringing this transformative model to healthcare!

Our Employer-Sponsored Direct Primary Care model offers many benefits to both providers and their patients:

• Enhanced Relationships: Patient panels are limited to 800-1000 patients, and patient-centered medicine in a capitated-fee environment allows providers to have individual patient visits without time restrictions. Appointments of 30-60 minutes allow extra time for the care team to spend with patients.
• Aligned Incentives: Our providers focus on improving health outcomes, driving patient engagement, and creating an atmosphere where patients are highly satisfied with high touch service from their care team. We remove the distorted fee-for-service incentives – all care provided by providers is included in our monthly membership fee (paid for by the employer).
• Focus on Preventive Care: We facilitate an environment which provides providers with the opportunity to proactively work with patients to prevent diseases and injuries by making lifestyle changes prior to diagnosis. Our providers provide health care, not sick care.
• Flexible Practice Approach with Improved Quality of Life for You and Your Family: Our providers enjoy an insurance-free work environment, as we rarely bill insurance, alleviating hours of paperwork and increasing the time to focus on patient care. Our providers are no longer chained to a physical office environment to interact with patients. By leveraging technology, providers can consult with their patients and provide access in the way we all live and work today – through our mobile phones and secure email access.
• Improved Medical Model: Our Employer-Sponsored Medical Home model utilizes electronic medical records and rigorous population management tools to assist our clinical teams in providing state of the art care. Dedication to quality, clinical outcomes and service experience for patients is truly the focus.
• Collaborative Oversight: Our Physicians demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork and actively collaborate with at least two or more Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) within the organization.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited medical school and completion of residency with professional experience in 1) Family Practice or 2) Internal Medicine + Pediatric. Board certification or eligibility and intent to certify required; Active state license required; DEA preferred. CPR/BLS certification required at time of start date

Desired Attributes

Philosophical alignment with our care model and a strong interest in creating a wonderful service experience for our patients!

Pay Range: $182,000 – $240,000 for 32 hours per week.

This position is eligible for an annual incentive.

The actual offer may vary dependent upon geographic location and the candidate's years of experience and/or skill level.

We are accepting applications for this position until a candidate has been selected. To apply to this position and learn more about open jobs at Marathon Health, visit our careers page.

Marathon Benefits Summary

We believe in empowering teammates to do their best work and build better healthcare. Below are some of our benefit offerings. Eligibility is based on 24/hr week.

• Health and Well-Being: Free Marathon membership for in person and virtual care, employer paid life and disability insurance, and choice in medical/dental plans, vision, employer funded HSA, FSA, and voluntary illness, accident and hospitalization plans. Benefits are effective on the first of the month following date of hire.
• Financial Support: Competitive compensation, 401k match, access to financial coaching through our Employee Assistance Program
• Lifestyle: Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and more, holiday schedule