Contract help

[Yo GabbaPentin]

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Is there anyone out there willing to quickly look over a contract for me? Of course I will take it to a lawyer but I would like to iron out as much as possible before they nickel and dime me to death. Thanks.

 

[Ligament]

Have us look at it AFTER the lawyer does. That would be best.

 

[Tenesma]

if you are getting a contract from a larger group (ie: >4 doctors), you will have NO negotiating power whatsoever UNLESS they are completely DESPERATE - and then you have to ask yourself why you want to work for desperate people...

if you are a superstar, who will be bringing in tons of patients because of your reputation or you have certain skills at doing something they don't already do, like develop a Stim program or whatever, then you have a bit more leverage

go over the contract first and look at things that are important to change... then have the lawyer look at it

in my experience, most contract lawyers will fuss over small details over and over again - and before you know it, you owe them for 180 billable hours for making petty changes back and forth...

probably better to have us review the issues for free and that will give you guidance that lawyers can't...

and also remember that the contract is useless if everything hits the fan, because you can sue them and they can sue you for all kinds of crazy/twisted reasons.

 

[Yo GabbaPentin]

if you are getting a contract from a larger group (ie: >4 doctors), you will have NO negotiating power whatsoever UNLESS they are completely DESPERATE - and then you have to ask yourself why you want to work for desperate people...

if you are a superstar, who will be bringing in tons of patients because of your reputation or you have certain skills at doing something they don't already do, like develop a Stim program or whatever, then you have a bit more leverage

go over the contract first and look at things that are important to change... then have the lawyer look at it

in my experience, most contract lawyers will fuss over small details over and over again - and before you know it, you owe them for 180 billable hours for making petty changes back and forth...

probably better to have us review the issues for free and that will give you guidance that lawyers can't...

and also remember that the contract is useless if everything hits the fan, because you can sue them and they can sue you for all kinds of crazy/twisted reasons.

That is exactly what I am trying to avoid. I am a dirt poor fellow starting in July and I can't afford to pay big bucks to some lawyer for all sorts of rewrites. If someone could take a quick glance and see if they see anything crazy in it, I would REALLY appreciate it.

 

[Pain Applicant1]

I was able to negotiate with a few big groups. I would recommend always trying to negotiate their first offer. That is the proper etiquette and the worse thing they can say is no. It would probably help you to learn to read contracts on your own. Just read through it and look up terms you don't understand. You should of course, understand what the norms are and there are a lot of references to help you with that. Once you do that, you can come up with things you want to change and then discuss it with your attorney.

I used a good health care attorney who charged a flat fee. He was recommended to me by a friend of mine who is also a pain fellow and I highly recommend him. PM me if you want his contact information.

 

[Ligament]

I was able to easily negotiate with a 160 physician group. Granted, I was hired to build a pain program from scratch but still.

 

[mille125]

I have reviewed many many pain contracts and would be glad to take a look.

 

[inspire004]

I am planning to join an established solo pain practice of pain anesthesia doc. He has no idea about contracts, his past docs in the past were part time, do you guys know of any good lawyers . How much to pay for the whole process. Review it, correct it and possible change it in future with changing climate.

Couple of basics with contract with a negotiable partner which I could think of.....

1. Non compete- 5, 10 mile
2. Partnership- from get go or fixed salary for a year and % after that
3. Exit strategy- what do we do if things don't work well
4. Collections- what % goes to him and how much do I get from my work
5. Expansion-asc or hospital
6. Insurance malpractice and health
7. Expenses sharing for both of us
8 what is the coverage, locations
9. Please PM me if you have any contracts with your practice just to get a rough draft of the essentials to include in mine. Privacy will be appreciated both way.


Thanks

 

[ampaphb]

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[mille125]

Not sure why this thread was resuscitated from 5 months ago, but fully 2/3 of inspire004's points are incomplete, poorly worded, or just plain wrong.

If it were me, he would not be my go to guy

and off come the gloves.....