18 Jun 2024
Physician Compensation Overview
Get up to speed on physician compensation methodologies and the legal parameters that govern physician compensation structures. Balance productivity with cost containment, as well as productivity with cooperation, in structuring compensation arrangements between physicians and healthcare facilities. Understand proscriptions under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal physician self-referral (Stark) law, and the Internal Revenue Code when drafting employment agreements.
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- Physician Employment Agreement Compensation Clause: Fixed Salary
Use this contract clause in a provider employment agreement when contemplating a fixed salary model compensation structure. Include terms for both base compensation and potential incentives based on the practice’s collected revenues attributable to provider’s duties. - Physician Employment Agreement Compensation Clause: Productivity-Based
Negotiate provider compensation based on a productivity model using this contract clause template. Structure payments based on the provider’s services rendered reduced by employer’s costs. Add a bonus provision tied to collections attributable to the provider. - Physician Employment Agreement Compensation Clause: Provider Partner
Draft terms of a compensation arrangement under which the provider is a partner in and part owner of the practice (a provider partner), as opposed to an employee. Learn how compensation is calculated based on actual collections attributable to the provider reduced by amounts attributable to overhead and costs specifically related to the provider. - Physician Employment Agreement Compensation Clause: Revenues-Minus-Expenses
Adopt a compensation structure that reconciles the provider’s productivity against the provider’s efficiencies in associated cost collections.
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