Contracts

Here's what the requirement to be "commercially reasonable" means under the Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute and what physicians need to know.

Leasing your medical practice to a hospital? You may want to consider these 15 contract provisions to ensure your practice is protected for the future.

In the new value-based reimbursement environment, co-management arrangements can align the interests of physicians and hospitals. Here's what you need to know.

Your medical practice's value plays an important part in its future. Here are six ways to boost your practice's value, starting today.

One way to ensure patients understand your payment requirements is to ask them to sign a payment policy. Here's a sample policy to consider adapting for your practice.

If you decide to terminate a physician or other provider at your practice, here are three key things to keep in mind to help your remaining staff and patients.

Physicians sometimes fall behind in their paperwork and take work home to complete. Are you aware of the risks that raises for your practice?

Let's take the mystery out of business associate agreements. Here's when you need to use them and why.

Whether a physician wants to walk away from hospital employment or stay employed, adequate preparation before the contract comes to a close is critical.

From a sample patient dismissal letter to an RVU calculator; these 10 resources will help your practice operate in a more efficient and compliant manner.

Use this sample patient credit card authorization policy to ensure your medical practice is able to collect what it is owed.

In this podcast, consultant Susanne Madden shares how medical practices can store patient credit card numbers securely and effectively.

Here's a sample confidentiality agreement practices can use with their vendors, courtesy of attorney Amy Fehn of HealthLawOffices.com.

Medical practices need to identify, document, and manage vendor relations more so than ever under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. Here are some steps to help.

The best time for physicians to plan their exit from an employment contract, operating agreement, or merger is when the initial deal is being negotiated.

While selling your medical practice and becoming a hospital employee has its perks, it also has some big drawbacks.

In my work performing practice evaluations for physicians for negotiating the sale of their practice, I've found five ways to improve their bargaining power.

Asking physicians and staff to sign a mobile device agreement reinforces the importance of mobile security.

Whether bringing in a new partner or becoming one at your medical practice, here are key issues to consider before signing any deal.

Here’s a recap of the five most popular blogs of 2013 and some of the lessons each provided.

Thinking about bringing on a new partner at your medical practice? Thinking about becoming a partner? Here are key issues to consider.

Reducing expenses at your medical practice can have a significant effect on net income, which is what is left to the partners and owners.

UnitedHealthcare cites "funding pressure" as the reason for termination of contracts with Medicare C providers across 10 states.

Working harder is not the only way to increase total income at your medical practice. Here are some other effective methods to consider.

If your medical practices is preparing for a merger or acquisition, here are six critical health IT areas that deserve your focus.