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2019 Benchmarks Reveal Physician Pay Trends

Our 2019 report highlights the growing significance of physician contracts as a major component of hospital spending, with particular growth in payment for hospital-based physician services such as hospitalists, intensivists and laborists.

Posted on April 18, 2019

Compliance, For Physicians, Understanding Market Data

Addressing Outlier Physician Payments

Understanding how outliers affect market data and what to do if your contract falls outside market ranges is an important aspect of a physician contracting compliance program.

Posted on June 12, 2018

For Physicians, Medical Direction Contracts, Physician Contract Strategy

Medical Director Contract Considerations

Choosing the best physician for the job is important for both the hospital and the program.

Posted on June 12, 2018

Compliance, For Physicians, Physician Contract Strategy

7 Tips for Effective Contract Negotiations

Preparing for a physician contract negotiation? As you’ve likely discovered, these conversations take time and effort, and often go differently than anticipated.

Posted on May 22, 2018

Cost Management, For Physicians

How Much is Granting Exclusivity Worth?

Most economists, as well as the OIG, believe that an exclusivity clause has economic value that should be considered in a valuation.

Posted on May 3, 2018

Cost Management, For Physicians, Physician Contract Strategy

Commercial Reasonableness: Critical Considerations for Physician Contracts

To be compliant, it is first necessary to determine the need to pay, then to determine how much.

Posted on May 1, 2018

For Physicians, Physician Contract Strategy

10 Factors That Influence Physician Contract Rates

Negotiating a new physician contract payment rate or even renewing an existing contract can be challenging. While there are benchmarks available to help you determine FMV, it can be difficult to decide what market range is most appropriate for a particular service and facility

Posted on March 15, 2018

For Physicians, Medical Direction Contracts

When Do You Have Too Many Medical Directors?

Physician contracting is a complex process and it is challenging to engage physicians to assist in administrative and quality initiatives that benefit health care facilities. From properly leveraging market data to composing legal agreements, it is resource-intensive.

Posted on March 13, 2018

Compliance, For Physicians

How to Talk to Physicians about Compensation as it Relates to Compliance

Physicians can become suspicious when hospitals talk about FMV and think it’s an excuse for hospitals to pay them less.

Posted on January 30, 2018

Compliance, For Physicians

Ignoring Physicians in Your Compliance Program is a Bad Idea

If you’re a compliance officer or work in compliance or legal at your organization, ask yourself if you know any physicians who work at your hospital.

Posted on December 26, 2017

Compliance, For Physicians

Get Into the OIG’s Mind: Review Recent CIAs.

If you are overwhelmed by physician contracting compliance, or are unsure what elements are essential in a good compliance process, a great way to create structure is to review requirements outlined in recent corporate integrity agreements (CIAs).

Posted on April 10, 2016

For Physicians

Individual Contract Reports

A single page report is automatically created for each physician contract which summarizes the contract rates and terms.

Posted on August 21, 2015

Compliance, For Physicians, HCCA

HCCA 2015: Physician Payments Sunshine Act

This is an element of ACA and is in it’s first years of publication and use.

Posted on April 29, 2015

Anesthesia, For Physicians

Key Considerations for Anesthesia Contracts

Anesthesiology agreements typically cover all sites within a facility that require anesthesia.

Posted on October 15, 2013