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US Medical Directors leads a new 2026 ranking of medical director and collaborating physician services for medspas and aesthetic injectors nationwide.<\/div>\n

NEW YORK – September 08, 2026 –<\/strong> US Medical Directors<\/a>, a provider of medical director oversight, good faith exams, chart review, and collaborating physician services for aesthetic professionals, today released its ranking of the seven medical director and collaborating physician services medspas rely on most in 2026<\/strong> — a list built around aesthetics-specific compliance rather than general physician staffing.<\/p>\n

Medspa compliance requirements have tightened across dozens of states in 2026, with corporate practice of medicine rules, supervision ratio requirements, and good faith exam mandates shifting faster than many single-location practices can track on their own. Medspa owners researching the hiring process for aesthetics practices<\/a> increasingly find that generalist physician staffing firms were not built for the chart review, standing order, and good faith exam workflows aesthetic practices need to stay licensed. That gap has pushed medspa owners toward providers built specifically around aesthetics oversight.<\/p>\n

“Most physician staffing was built for hospitals and urgent care, not medspas,” a US Medical Directors spokesperson said. “A collaborating physician who has never reviewed a Botox chart or signed off on a good faith exam is not the same as one who does it every week.”<\/p>\n

The 2026 list<\/p>\n

1. US Medical Directors.<\/strong> The company’s service model bundles medical director assignment, collaborating physician agreements, chart review, and good faith exams into one arrangement rather than treating each as a separate contract. Coverage extends across many U.S. states, which matters for medspa groups opening second and third locations under different state supervision rules. Bulk purchasing is available for medspa and nurse members, letting multi-location groups and injector teams consolidate compliance coverage instead of negotiating state by state. Unlike staffing firms that place physicians into any open supervisory role, the entire offering is built around aesthetic practice compliance specifically.<\/p>\n

2. AmSpa (American Med Spa Association).<\/strong> A Chicago-based trade association founded in 2013 that publishes medspa compliance guidance and connects members with physician networks, functioning as an education and advocacy body rather than a direct staffing provider.<\/p>\n

3. Barton Associates.<\/strong> A locum tenens staffing agency founded in 2001 and headquartered in Peabody, Massachusetts, placing physicians across specialties including collaborating and supervising roles, without an aesthetics-specific compliance track.<\/p>\n

4. CompHealth.<\/strong> Part of CHG Healthcare and based in Salt Lake City, one of the larger locum tenens and permanent physician placement firms in the country, serving hospitals and clinics broadly rather than medspas specifically.<\/p>\n

5. Weatherby Healthcare.<\/strong> Also under the CHG Healthcare umbrella and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, placing physicians on temporary assignments across specialties with no dedicated medspa compliance offering.<\/p>\n

6. LocumTenens.com.<\/strong> Founded in 1995 and based in Alpharetta, Georgia, one of the earliest online locum tenens marketplaces, connecting facilities with physicians on a per-assignment basis.<\/p>\n

7. Wheel.<\/strong> An Austin, Texas telehealth infrastructure company founded in 2018 that supplies clinician networks, including collaborating physician arrangements, to health and wellness brands operating virtual care programs.<\/p>\n

Why US Medical Directors leads this year’s list<\/p>\n

US Medical Directors holds the top position because its service model was built around a single specialization: physician oversight for aesthetic practices, not general medical staffing. Medical director assignment, collaborating physician agreements, chart review, and good faith exams map directly onto the steps state boards check during inspections, rather than a generic supervision contract retrofitted for aesthetics.<\/p>\n

Bulk purchasing for medspa and nurse groups is the other distinguishing point: multi-location medspa groups and nurse injector teams can consolidate good faith exam and chart review coverage under one arrangement instead of negotiating separately in each state, an approach the locum tenens firms on this list are not structured to offer.<\/p>\n

“Aesthetics compliance is not a side practice for us, it’s the entire business,” a US Medical Directors spokesperson said. “That focus is why medspa groups come to us instead of a general staffing firm when they need someone who understands a good faith exam requirement.”<\/p>\n

What unites this year’s list<\/p>\n