Our healthcare and business law firm works with numerous medical practices in compliance and regulatory matters. Many medical practices are unaware of the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and in particular the requirements to accommodate individuals with auditory disabilities (including individuals who are deaf or hard of…
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Preparing Your ABA Company for a Payor Audit
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many behavioral health providers in establishing and operating their ABA associated businesses. We have a particular focus on such companies and will be producing a series of helpful articles to assist providers in navigating various operational and business hurdles to ensure they…
Physician Employment: Protection from Issues Posed by Co-Terminus Clinical Privileges Language
Our healthcare and business law firm often assists physicians and other providers in employment matters, from reviewing proposed contracts to litigating non-compete matters. We’ve written previous material on physician employment, including Keys to Negotiating a Good Contract and Physician Non-Compete Agreements. As mentioned in our previous post, our firm has…
Physician Employment: Clinical Privileges, Co-Terminus Language, and NPDB Reporting
Our healthcare and business law firm often assists physicians and other providers in employment matters, from reviewing proposed contracts to litigating non-compete matters. Physician employment agreements are often between 15 to 30 pages long, but many important terms are imbedded in those pages. We’ve written previous material on physician employment,…
3 Physician Employment Agreement Terms to Review before Resigning
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many providers at all stages of employment, including physicians taking their first jobs after training, becoming partners at practices, and selling their practices and retiring. One consistently stressful time for all providers is resigning from a practice. Through our experience, we have…
2 Tactics for Negotiating Malpractice Insurance in Physician Employment Contracts
Our last blog post outlined 3 Practical Questions for Providers to Consider Before Signing an Employment Agreement. In this post, we focus on a question that is at the forefront of our physician-client’s mind when evaluating employment opportunities: “Am I responsible for paying for tail insurance coverage?” As a healthcare…
3 Practical Questions for Providers to Consider Before Signing an Employment Agreement
As a healthcare and business law firm, we routinely review and analyze employment agreements for physicians and other providers both when negotiating an agreement and after a dispute has arisen. Through our experience, we have developed tips and learned what is common, what is likely to cause disputes, and what…
Contract Pitfall #1: Using an Incorrect Entity Name
As a healthcare and business law firm, we have many business entity clients. It is common for business-minded individuals to operate multiple registered companies. When entering business contracts, it is easy for the entity name to be mistyped, written in an abbreviated or well-known form, or somehow written incorrectly, especially…