by Sam | Feb 17, 2020 | Physician Employment Contracts, Physicians
Hospitals now use contract language to suspend physicians’ hospital privileges. In a recent case, a hospital suspended a physician’s privileges for an alleged breach of drug documentation. Although the initial reason to suspend included abuse of drugs, that...
by Sam | Dec 2, 2019 | Health Care, Health Care Employment Law, Health Care Law, Physician Employment Contracts, Physicians
You Probably Should Talk To A Health Care Employment Lawyer Before: 1. Before you sign an employment agreement with a hospital or health care system. 2. When you contemplate a dispute with a hospital or health care system. 3. When you must contest discipline by a...
by Sam | Oct 30, 2019 | Attorneys, Health Care, Health Care Employment Law, Health Care Law, Medical Discipline, Physician Employment Contracts, Physicians
An employer may offer to terminate your employment by what is called “mutual agreement.” There is usually some purported reason, understood by you, as to why the employer is offering such an offer. Often the reason does not quite qualify for “for cause” termination....
by Sam | Oct 21, 2019 | Physician Employment Contracts
A previous blog argued that most physicians and other health care providers fail to adequately negotiate health care contracts. This blog presents the “how” of negotiating such contracts. As I noted in the blog, negotiation is not limited to employment contracts....
by Sam | Oct 7, 2019 | Physician Employment Contracts
Large numbers of physicians and physician groups are signing employment contracts with hospitals and hospital systems. The causes of this movement are numerous, but the two most important are probably the desire to pass off overhead and guarantee a flow of patients....
by Sam | Jul 15, 2019 | Health Care, Health Care Employment Law, Physician Employment Contracts
What is Summary Termination of Employment? The words “summary termination” sound bad, much worse than simply “you are fired.” A factual situation will assist us in deciding whether the words suggest a career-changing event. The following blog assumes that the...
