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Call Coverage
Key Findings on Weekend and Holiday Payment Differentials for Emergency Call Contracts
Best Practices for Physician Call Coverage Compensation
Join MD Ranger for this 30-minute webinar as we discuss the following
Everything You Must Know About Physician Emergency Call Coverage
The cost of emergency call coverage is creeping up in many hospitals.
Commercial Reasonableness
Commercial Reasonableness Toolkit
Commercial reasonableness has been the focus of a number of recent settlements for Stark, Anti-Kickback, and False Claims Act violations.
Commercial Reasonableness Considerations with Physician Contracts
Determining if a health care organization’s payment to a physician is commercially reasonable can be a challenge.
Commercial Reasonableness for Physician Contracts: A Checklist
The Commercial Reasonableness for Physician Contracts: A Checklist Bullseye covers how to ensure your physician contracts conform to commercial reasonableness standards
Compliance
Hospital-Based Arrangements: Complex Contracts Require Extra Attention
Using Market Data for FMV Documentation in Just Five Steps
Market data can be a powerful tool to use as the foundation of your FMV process. Establishing simple, yet compliant, guidelines and policies is key. Download our guide for using market data for FMV documentation.
Uncovering Red Flags in Physician Contracts
This video discusses key signs that suggest an organization might have physician contracts that have Stark risk and solutions for reducing the risk.
Contracting
FMV
Don’t Make These Mistakes While Creating Your FMV Policy
Using Market Data for FMV Documentation in Just Five Steps
Market data can be a powerful tool to use as the foundation of your FMV process. Establishing simple, yet compliant, guidelines and policies is key. Download our guide for using market data for FMV documentation.
5 Avoidable Mistakes with Physician Agreements and FMV
This webinar will address common physician contracting challenges and how to avoid them.
Hospital-Based Services
Hospital-Based Arrangements: Complex Contracts Require Extra Attention
6 Compliance Pitfalls in Hospital-Based Physician Contracts
Our 6 Compliance Pitfalls in Hospital-Based Physician Contracts Bullseye discusses the key compliance issues with hospital-based contracts, including the following
Compliance Pitfalls of Hospital-Based Contracts
We will consider the most common compliance issues in hospital-based agreements.
Market Data
Addressing Changes in Benchmarks
Market data is an efficient way to build a physician contracting compliance program, and is used by hundreds of hospitals across the country.
Key Findings from MD Ranger’s 2017 Facility Totals Benchmarks
Watch this video and explore our key findings from the 2017 Total Facility Benchmarks, as well as compare them to the past seven years’ reports to uncover trends, including the following
Medical Direction
5 Misconceptions about Medical Director Agreements
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.
Navigating Medical Staff Officer and Physician Leadership Compensation
In this webinar, we will talk about paying physicians in leadership positions reasonably and fairly. Join MD Ranger for this 30-minute webinar as we discuss the following
Negotiating
Physician Contract Negotiation Checklist: 10 Things You Must Complete for Successful Deals
2019 Physician Engagement Checklist for Legal and Compliance Executives
We are frequently asked by our subscribers and clients on how to best engage physicians in the compliance process.
5 Key Tips for Enhancing Physician Relationships
Positive relationships with physicians are important to the clinical and financial success of a healthcare organization.
Regulatory
Dealing with Government Regulatory Intervention
The Dealing with Government Regulatory Intervention Bullseye discusses how to prepare for a CIA, including the following
Federal Regulations and the Risk to Physicians
Recent actions by the OIG make it clear that they are investigating physicians as well as hospitals when they suspect a physician contract violates Stark, Anti-Kickback, or False Claims Act regulations.
Physician Contracting, the OIG, and the DOJ: 2017 Year in Review
The Physician Contracting, the OIG, and the DOJ: 2017 Year in Review Bullseye recaps what the OIG and DOJ did surrounding physician contracting in 2017, including the following