Contracts

In part one of a two-part series, Steven Podnos talks about hospitals buying out physician practices while weighing the positives and negatives.

No one plans on getting seriously ill, but it happens. This MD says practices should learn to prepare for these scenarios, just in case.

More administrators are threatening to kick providers out of a preferred provider network. Here's tips on how to avoid this fate.

Looking to get those administrative burdens off your plate? Before you sell to a non-hospital entity be leery of these compliance risks.

You’ll thank yourself later if you get everything in writing and establish a milestone-based payment schedule.

Young doctors are eager to start their career. However, don’t just sign your offer contract without taking these pieces of advice into account.

A recent ruling against a pharmaceutical company shows physicians how the False Claims Act can hurt them legally and financially.

What is “clawback” language? It can be used by employers to make physicians recoup demands from federal and private payers.

An acquisition that comes from a failed business plan is a signal to physicians that you have to continually reevaluate the practice

Thinking about outsourcing your medical billing? Here are nine questions to ask a prospective outside biller or billing service.

In any negotiation, it's important to consider the needs of the other side. But there's a difference between true altruism and absolute self-sacrifice.

Have an upcoming contract negotiation with a payer? Let Marcia Brauchler give you three key strategies before you sit down at the table.

Using RVUs to conduct a cost analysis at your medical practice is not only cheap and easy, it is very effective at assessing the value of your payer contracts.

Five ways your medical practice can better control its payer contracts and boost reimbursement.

Keeping track of contract renewals can be tedious, but there are many techniques medical practices can use to simplify the task.

Asking questions - especially the hard ones - benefits you as a physician and can do the same in negotiations.

Here are six strategies to help practices and hospitals come together whether they are seeking to merge operations or simply enhance their working relationship.

Looking for longevity as a medical practice? Joshua Halverson of ECG Management Consultants offers tips on survival and how to increase your practice's value.

Here's an overview of hospital-based coverage contracts involving physicians and five key compliance tips to keep in mind.

Your practice's business associates can lead to HIPAA issues. Here are three tips to ensure your vendors can ensure the safety of protected health information.

If you have been terminated by a provider, or notified you will be terminated, here's what you should know to know your recourse as a medical practice.

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.