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 [...]
Covenants not to compete are common in physician employment agreements but are they enforceable? The American Medical Association (AMA) has taken the position that physician non-compete agreements impact negatively on health care and are not in the public interest. Stopping short of completely prohibiting covenants not to compete, the AMA strongly discourages them. In line with the AMA, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Delaware have passed laws invalidating contractual provisions restricting a [...]
