Reviewing and negotiating physician contracts in San Diego and Southern California requires extensive experience and legal skill. The contracts between practice groups, medical foundations and physicians are quite complex. This is why it is important to work with an experienced healthcare and medical business attorney from the Watkins Firm to provide sound counsel and protect your interests at the outset or end of employment as a physician.
Aren’t All Physician Contracts “Standardized”?
It can be tempting to simply sign the “standardized” contract provided by your new healthcare entity or practice. You’re excited about a new opportunity or moving to what appears to be a more lucrative position. It is important to review your existing contract and/or a new physician employment contract with the experienced medical and healthcare practice attorneys at the Watkins Firm. We have decades of healthcare experience here in the San Diego region and can protect many aspects of your short and long term interests.
Physician contracts in San Diego require legal skill as they are necessarily complex. New paradigms for the measurement of professional services and Medicare-related payment calculations are impacting existing and new physician contracts throughout the area. Your concerns going in are probably centered on income, equity participation, work and call hours, liability exposure and your right to indemnification as well as decision making authority and influence.
California is a Heavily Regulated State
While California is known as an employee-friendly state in non-compete matters, our courts tend to take a more conservative position on covenants not to compete and patient solicitation. When reviewing and negotiating physician contracts in San Diego your exit strategy should be given as much consideration as your financial incentives. Are you presently under contract? Breaking an existing contract could expose you to a non-compete enforcement action as well as a civil lawsuit.
Reviewing and Negotiating Physician Contracts in San Diego for Decades
The experienced physician and healthcare attorneys at the Watkins Firm will help you through the process of reviewing and negotiating physician contracts in San Diego or seeking an exit from an existing relationship. We will review proposed agreements and provide insight and recommendations to strengthen your position based upon your own goals and objectives.
Competition is increasing and healthcare providers and the market in general is searching for ways to reduce overhead and costs associated with the provision of medical care. This is increasing pressure on local doctors and medical professionals and why physician contracts in San Diego require legal skill and the effective review and negotiation skills provided by the Watkins Firm.
We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.
