Contracts

Rapid, flexible care is cost-effective care—even in a pandemic

Few employers readily assume responsibility in initial contracts — make sure you read the fine print and negotiate.

Three predictable and recurring legal and financial risks physicians face when holding informal jointly-owned with extended family.

Physicians: Negotiate your rates. Hold the payers accountable.

Rapid credentializations have allowed healthcare professionals to practice across multiple states during the pandemic.

Revise contracts now with practical solutions for potential disaster that could occur in the future.

The pandemic is changing physician leverage.

Negotiate before the contract is signed.

Check in with counsel and stay on top of what your state and the federal government may be doing to assist medical practices and other small businesses to survive.

Finding and retaining qualified office staff can be challenging for physician practices

How to build a robust governance agreement that can help your practice weather any storm.

Recent cases underscore that what a medical director is paid must be of fair market value and the CMS duty requirements must be met.

Payers don’t dole out equal pay for equal work, so it benefits your physician practice to understand who pays what (so you can negotiate more).

Increase your medical practice's revenue by understanding payer reimbursement tactics.

Don’t settle for a bad deal. Boost your profits by renegotiating your payer contracts.

Nine areas that every partnership agreement should consider.

February 14 marks the beginning of the end for the “proposal season,” meaning that many newly-engaged couples are planning for weddings, honeymoons, and, if they’re prudent, prenuptial agreements.

Credentialing is a critical undertaking no matter the size of your practice. Here's how to make the process less cumbersome.

The decision to buy, sell, or merge a medical practice is more complicated than ever, and physician owners must have a clear understanding of the legal structure of the potential transaction.

Providers must sign an agreement for how to handle disputes and terminations in the best of times to avoid bitter legal battles in the worst of times.

A payer contract is more than a mere fee schedule. There are several other factors to consider when deciding to keep or terminate a payer contract.

Before heading to the table, draft a game plan to be a tough negotiator with payers.

It’s important to remember what you bring to the table before negotiating payer contracts.

Never agree to a deal as presented until you are provided a contract and understand the terms thoroughly.

There are many ways in which a practice can grow, so it’s important practices expand in a way that’s sustainable to ensure long-term success.

Management service organization (MSO) models can be risky for physicians who may not consider the legality and associated financial and legal risks before agreeing to the arrangement.

Physicians need to consider what they might need to do in order to repurchase their medical practice-then get those provisions in place before agreeing to the sale.

Any medical practice with multiple owners must have a funded buy-sell agreement in place to protect the partners and their families from the death or exit of a partner.

Physicians may be eager for the financial rewards of recruitment deals, but they need to understand such enticements can become a tremendous burden.

Here are four steps you should take if you want to hire a new physician that may be hampered by a non-compete provision.