Legal Services

Expertise in:

Drafting of Contracts Between Doctors and Hospitals and Between Other Health Care Entities and Providers

In the health care industry, our legal services include drafting and negotiating agreements for healthcare businesses and professionals. This includes: physician recruitment agreements, physician employment agreements, non-compete agreements, exclusive provider agreements, and other types of contracts in the health care industry. We can also draft agreements involving delegation of services — for example, between an MD and a physician assistant (PA).

Healthcare entities and facilities require unique advice in the contract drafting arena as they are often subject to extensive regulation beyond rules applicable to most employers and businesses. Local law can also significantly affect contract drafting. For example, in California, issues of non-competes involved in employment and in the sale of a business frequently generate litigation. Our business and health care law attorneys are skilled in understanding the litigation background behind various contractual clauses and in advising clients accordingly so as to protect their interests in advance.

We also have extensive experience with corporate founders, shareholders and operating agreements, buy-ins, compensation arrangements, practice sales and purchases. We draft contracts for management services organizations (MSO’s) to help them navigate the complex legal rules that apply such as the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, which imposes limits on the extent to which MSO’s can intrude on a medical practice. We also utilize our experience with MSO legal agreements to help clients navigate the fraud and abuse arena, including state fee-splitting prohibitions.

By drawing on the combined talents and experience of our attorneys, our clients will be aware of every important nuance of contracts and will comply with the requirements of state and federal fraud and abuse laws and other statutory and regulatory challenges unique to health care professional entities.