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Recent settlements and advisories offer a number of lessons to help shape effective contract compliance programs.
Preparing for a physician contract negotiation? As you've likely discovered, these conversations take time and effort, and often go differently than anticipated.
The medical staff typically makes the decision to pay or not to pay its officers. Historically, positions were voluntary or modest stipends were paid from medical staff dues.
When it comes to market conditions contributing to commercial reasonableness, some contributing factors are organization-specific, but others are influenced externally.
Using market data to document fair market value for physician contracts can be a cost effective way to standardize compliance efforts.
MD Ranger data strongly suggests the benefits of multi-facility physician contracts as an important strategy for controlling costs.
Most economists, as well as the OIG, believe that an exclusivity clause has economic value that should be considered in a valuation.
To be compliant, it is first necessary to determine the need to pay, then to determine how much.
Establishing a fair and compliant payment rate for a position that does not need a particular type of specialist can be a challenge!
If you're already using compensation benchmarks, check out this resource to ensure it is being used correctly.
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