Legal Scrubs

2 Things to Remember When Selling Your Practice and Transferring Medical Records 22.01.2024 13:32 ↓

The transfer of medical records is sometimes an afterthought when a doctor comes to the point of selling his medical practice. Asset sale vs. equity sale, purchase price, and a hundred other things are often what consumes the seller, the buyer, and their respective lawyers. But what about the seller's medical records? What do you need to do (and not do) when it comes to transferring your medical r...

5 Things Tennessee Doctors Need to Know about Covenants Not to Compete 09.01.2024 13:40 ↓

Doctors just coming out of residency and more seasoned doctors looking to join a new medical group must understand the ins and outs of covenants not to compete that are almost certainly contained somewhere in the employment agreement presented to them to sign. This episode of Legal Scrubs sets out 5 key points that every doctor should know about covenants not to compete in order to make an informe...

How can a medical practice tweak its employment contracts with its physicians to make sure they fulfill their post-employment obligations? 29.11.2023 6:30 ↓

Group medical practices should take care to make sure that their employment agreements with their employed physicians take into account how to enforce post-contract obligations. For example, once an employed physician leaves a practice, he or she often has one or more continuing contractual obligations to the practice. One such obligation might be to simply return all confidential practice informa...

Federal Trademark Registration for Physicians and Medical Practices 19.08.2022 5:38 ↓

Physicians and their medical practices should strongly consider federal trademark registration and protection for the name of their practice, their practice design logo, and any taglines associated with the practice. Today's episode of Legal Scrubs discusses the benefits of federal trademark registration protection for healthcare professionals.

40. Countdown to Compliance with the New Final Stark Rule 08.06.2021 10:00 ↓

The new Final Stark Rule's requirement that group practices cease using split pooling of the group's Designated Health Services on a service by service methodology becomes effective on January 1, 2022. That means that group practices have less than six months to review their compensation methodology with respect to DHS and revise their profit split, if need be. Today's episode discusses the new Fi...

Episode 38 - The New Stark Law Changes and the End of Split Pooling 04.05.2021 8:55 ↓

New changes to the Stark Law's definition of a "group practice" go into effect in January 2022. Of particular importance to independent group medical practices is a clarification that spells the end of split pooling on profits from in-office ancillary services. Listen to today's episode of Legal Scrubs to learn more and prepare so that your group practice is in compliance when the changes go into...