Here are some differences in the jobs with hospital vs insurance company.
Physician advisor jobs at a hospital are very variable. The work a physician advisor does at any hospital depends on how it is structured. That job at a hospital is a combination of a several things like administrative duties, UM duties and clinical duties.
| Hospital | Insurance company |
| Full time and Part time opportunities are available. | Same. |
| Hourly rates are usually higher. | Lower. |
| Work is viewed by some doctors usually as positive i.e. working for patient care. | Negative, working against patient care. This is a myth. Both jobs ensure more efficiency and less waste. |
| Chance to advance in career in different fields [like CMO] not just UM. | May be possible only in UM field. |
| More flexible, peer to peer reviews could be scheduled as you like. | Part-Time jobs are less flexible, Full-time jobs could be more flexible. peer-to-peer reviews could be scheduled every 30min. |
| Can be onsite or remote. | Mostly remote. |
| More chances to do clinical shifts. | May not be easy to find clinical opportunities. |
| Easy to maintain hospital privileges. | May be tough or may be not interested to do maintain privileges. |
| Easier to go back to clinical duties if UM is interesting anymore. | May become difficult to go back to clinical duties if there is a large nonclinical gap. |