16 Dec, 2014

Contracts for Doctors

2018-04-23T23:57:55-05:00December 16th, 2014|Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice, Midwest Medical Legal Advisor, Risk Management|

It is not unusual for a doctor to be asked to sign a contact governing his or her employment and/or ownership of a business as a doctor.  The issues to consider in reviewing these contracts are many: -          Med mal insurance -          Staffing (nurses, assistants, etc) -          Provision of medical equipment -          Billing -          Compensation structure -          Employee versus owner -          Non complete clauses -          Non solicitation clauses -          Scope of [...]

17 Jul, 2013

More doctors are selling their practices

2018-04-23T23:57:56-05:00July 17th, 2013|Health Care Law, Midwest Medical Legal Advisor, Tort Reform|

More and more doctors are selling their practices due to rising business expenses and shrinking payouts from insurers.  The buyers?  Hospitals. According to a recent article from CNN, Doctors Bail out on their Practices, the number of physicians selling their practices to hospitals is up 30% to 40% in the last five years.  In the normal transaction, the selling doctor will then become an employee of the hospital along with [...]

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