There are three vital issues for sub-specialist physicians that must be addressed in any physician employment agreement: compensation, marketing, and maintaining proficiency in your specific sub-specialty. Compensation Issues for Sub-Specialist Physicians One of the common issues for sub-specialist physicians I have seen repeatedly when performing a physician contract review is being offered what “everybody else” …
Although letters of intent for physicians are not legally binding, physicians should take them seriously.
These are the 6 things you must know before signing an academic physician employment agreement.
As a physicians’ attorney who has negotiated with hospitals for decades, I have a jaded view of their intentions.
Without cause termination in physician employment contracts can be stressful for the physician, but there are beneficial aspects that can be exploited.
Here are a few things that every physician needs to know about medical record provisions in physician employment agreements.
What you need to know about negotiating physician employment agreements BEFORE you get too deeply involved in the recruitment process.
Some employers take a chance on hiring new physicians, shifting the risk of insufficient work to the physician through physician productivity compensation.
After purchasing the physician contract review, you will receive an email asking you to transmit the agreement and any concerns you have to me. Many physicians do this by email, but I will be available by phone, too. In three business days from the time you purchase the Physician Prosperity Program® and transmit the draft physician employment agreement along with any concerns you have about the agreement and the information I will need to perform the MGMA analysis, you will receive a detailed physician contract review letter from me.
After you receive my physician contract review letter, you will have the opportunity to discuss it with me, to make sure all of your concerns were met, and to correct any factual inaccuracies, or to point out things that were verbally promised but didn’t make it into the physician employment agreement. These discussions, and revisions of the letter following these discussions, are included in the initial fixed fee.
Once you are completely comfortable with the physician contract review letter, you transmit the letter to your potential employer.
