Structuring Physician Separation Agreements: Hospital and Group Practice Perspectives
Drafting Key Provisions to Address Patient Record Ownership, HIPAA, Restrictive Covenants, Compensation and More
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide healthcare counsel with a review of critical legal concerns in drafting physician separation agreements in both hospital and group practice settings. The panel will outline approaches to reconcile expectations and obligations of the parties and offer best practices for structuring separation agreements.
Outline
- Upfront considerations
- Hospitals
- Group practices
- Legal issues to be addressed in the separation agreement
- Payment and/or buyout
- Deferred compensation
- HIPAA issues
- Patient notifications
- Restrictive covenants
- Non-disclosure of confidential information
- Management and/or administrative positions
- Structuring separation agreements
- Hospital setting
- Group practice setting
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Structuring restrictive covenants in separation agreements to avoid or mitigate courts holding them to be overly broad and unenforceable
- Identifying and addressing key separation considerations during contract negotiations, including compensation, HIPAA and patient notices
- Weighing different approaches to address physician separations and tailoring agreements for the organization’s needs
Faculty
Matthew M. Brohm
Atty
Arnall Golden Gregory
Mr. Brohm concentrates his practice on advising all types of health care providers on a wide-range of health care... | Read More
Mr. Brohm concentrates his practice on advising all types of health care providers on a wide-range of health care issues, including federal and state fraud and abuse laws, physician self-referral laws, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, HIPAA privacy and security, tax exemption matters, licensure and accreditation standards, formation of joint ventures, corporate governance issues, and state certificate of need laws. He has substantive experience in corporate healthcare transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, and complex hospital/physician integration models.
CloseCaroline J. Patterson, Esq.
Wade Goldstein Landau & Abruzzo
Ms. Patterson concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, business, employment, and health care law She... | Read More
Ms. Patterson concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, business, employment, and health care law She currently specializes in representing small to mid-sized companies, medical practices and physicians. Ms. Patterson regularly handles matters involving sales and acquisitions of medical practices and businesses, private equity investments, corporate governance compliance and contract negotiation.
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Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski
Mr. Roth counsels clients in connection with corporate compliance and corporate governance, fraud and abuse,... | Read More
Mr. Roth counsels clients in connection with corporate compliance and corporate governance, fraud and abuse, hospital-medical staff matters, HIPAA, and Medicare/Medicaid matters. He represents a wide array of clients both on the provider side and on the payor side. He is also active in health industry mergers and acquisitions, and the establishment of joint ventures and other collaborative affiliations.
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