In a move drawing complaints of anti-unionism, Skagit Regional Health is ending its contract with Sound Physicians for hospitalist services and, beginning J ...
As a general rule, healthcare employers are required to pay employed physicians and other contracted providers fair market value (FMV) for their services, but many employers do not understand relevant ...
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department terminated a longtime contract for women’s health services in the name of cost savings last month, and then quickly signed on new providers to serve ...
Medscape: Understanding RVU Traps in Physician Contracts: Advice From an Employment Attorney
For many physicians, employment contracts include a base salary plus a production bonus based on relative value units (RVUs). Employers can reward physicians for exceeding RVU targets — but also ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference: Contract Physicians and Lawsuits: Can a Hospital Be Held Liable?
Credit: Getty Images. It is quite common for hospitals to hire physicians, particularly emergency department physicians, as independent contractors, rather than employees, in order to reduce the ...
As physicians seek their first roles or new roles within the industry, they should be prepared to understand and negotiate employment contracts, according to a Jan. 5 report from the American Medical ...
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth’s plan to replace emergency services contracts at three Oregon locations has resulted in a slew of controversy between clinicians, hospital executives and ...
JD Supra: Regulations, contracts, and credentialing for medical directors and attending physicians
contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted) (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.