Avoid Contract Review Pitfalls by Hiring a Healthcare Law Attorney As a lawyer well-versed in the law as it applies to contracts for medical residents and practicing physicians, there are a number of things I take into consideration as part of the contract review process. I don’t break the review process into segments with a…
Advice and counsel on how to address medical resident discipline
Retaining a Healthcare Attorney A resident physician retained me to review and assist him in the negotiation of his post residency contract with an academic healthcare system. He thought this would be a straight-forward and simple engagement for a couple of hours of legal work. He was surprised to find how complicated and time consuming…
I recently represented a physician in a noteworthy peer review case at an academic medical center. A complaint was initiated by the president of the medical staff against a surgeon, who would later become my client. The complaint was that the surgeon inappropriately collected cash payment from an uninsured patient at the point of service…
