Hospital/physician employment agreements – the view from organized medicine *

USA - March 4 2013
Typically, when we blog about physician employment arrangements, we focus on major areas of negotiation, such as compensation, professional liability…

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Critical issues for physicians in post-acquisition employment agreements *

USA - October 22 2012
For a physician who has spent his or her whole professional life developing and growing a medical practice, the process of selling that practice can be a traumatic experience. 

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Termination “without cause” – it’s not necessarily termination “without fault” *

USA - May 1 2012
Historically, health care provider employers and employees have tended to use termination “without cause” as a proxy for termination “without fault.”

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“Tail coverage” following termination of employment: what physicians (and their employers) should know? *

USA - February 28 2012
A significant majority of all professional liability coverage available to physicians these days is provided on a “claims-made” basis, with a claim being covered only if (i) the claim arose out of professional services rendered during the term of the professional liability policy, and (ii) notice of the claim is provided by the insured during the term of the policy.

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When is a wRVU not a wRVU? Getting paid fully for your productivity *

USA - January 17 2012
According to the 2011 Medical Group Management Association’s Physician Compensation and Productivity Report, more than one-third of physician group practices in the U.S. are using some type of “work relative value unit” (commonly known as a wRVU) structure for compensation purposes, and more than 60% of physicians are paid on the basis of some type of wRVU metric.

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