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 | Aug 26, 2019 | Health Care Law, Physicians
What is institutional negligence? Under the theory of institutional negligence, patients can hold hospitals and nursing homes liable for injuries they incur when seen there. On the other hand, in professional negligence a patient sues her doctor or his professional...
by Rena McDaniel | Apr 1, 2019 | Attorneys, Health Care, Health Care Employment Law, Health Care Law, Medical Discipline, Physician Employment Contracts, Physicians
The terms of every termination agreement can be negotiated. You have been working as a highly compensated employee of a health care institution, either in management or as a physician. You have an employment contract with that institution. After an unexpected meeting...
by Sam | Feb 18, 2019 | 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. Al though the initial reason to suspend included abuse of drugs, that charge...
