Will a Messenger Model IPA Work?
Regulators tend to let messenger model IPAs alone because they’re utterly toothless. If the IPA is negotiating with payors, it isn’t a messenger model IPA.
Physician Contract Blog
Selling Your Medical Practice and Relying on the Hospital Fairies: Physician Compensation after Sale of Practice
Covenants not to compete in medical practice sales protect the hospital’s “very valuable assets,” for which the hospital paid the physician next to nothing.
What Do You Do After You Have Your Physician Employment Agreement Reviewed?
Once you have had your physician employment agreement reviewed, it’s important that you take full advantage of the analysis.
The Bottom Line of Physician Covenants Not to Compete
The bottom line on physician covenants not to compete is that the market will enforce the covenant as written, even if a court probably wouldn’t.
“Our Standard Physician Employment Contract”
No matter what the recruiter/office manager/department head tells you, every employer is willing to tweak your physician employment contract.
Selling Your Medical Practice
8 vital considerations that you must know before starting negotiations for selling your medical practice to a hospital or other physicians.
Letters of Intent in Physician Contracts
Although a letter of intent for a physician employment or practice sale agreement may not be legally binding, it’s important not to restrict yourself.
A Corporate Veil for Physicians Protects from Claimants
There are several low or no cost strategies that provide a corporate veil for physicians for significant asset protection.
Medical Record Provisions in Physician Employment Agreements
Here are a few things that every physician needs to know about medical record provisions in physician employment agreements.
Negotiating physician employment agreements – how to get the best deal possible
What you need to know about negotiating physician employment agreements BEFORE you get too deeply involved in the recruitment process.
The Dangers of Physician Productivity Compensation
Some employers take a chance on hiring new physicians, shifting the risk of insufficient work to the physician through physician productivity compensation.
5/31/09 OIG gives OK to a hospital paying for call coverage
On May 21, the OIG posted an Advisory Opinion that specifically allowed a hospital to compensate physicians for on-call services to uninsured patients.
Dangers of a Messenger Model IPA
The dangers of a messenger model IPA were demonstrated as the FTC settled charges with a 600-physician IPA over its use of a “messenger model”.
