Deals involving management services agreements, consulting contracts, or similar structures can appear completely legal at first glance. But dig deeper, and they might turn out to be elaborate covers for kickbacks or bribes.
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Healthcare Fraud and the Physician as Victim
The majority of healthcare fraud schemes center on fraud perpetrated by physicians, but what about schemes orchestrated to victimize physicians?
Why Fail at Optionality?
Although dollars are a lubricant, the real issue is freedom or optionality.
Leasing Out Your Medical License? From a Few Bucks to a Felony
As physicians get squeezed by insurers and other payers, including Medicare, and as the costs of operating a medical practice increase, more are looking for ways to supplement their income.
Why You Must Understand Inter-Contractual Dissonance and the Shifting of Power
People are internally inconsistent. Many contracts in the healthcare sphere are inconsistent, too. The first causes grief, the second shifts power.
“I Thought They Loved Me!” Is No Defense For the Spurned and Burned “Friendly Physician”
The “friendly physician.” Boy, is that’s a term of art or, perhaps better said, of artifice.
Why You Must Know How Framing Changes Value – Podcast
I’m going to share a secret with you today. There’s no such thing as value. At least not in the fixed sense. In fact, value is as malleable as clay.
Intended Obfuscation or Lazy Drafting, The Outcome’s The Same: You’re Screwed. – Podcast
Most people don’t like throwing good money after bad in a contract dispute.
Intended Obfuscation or Lazy Drafting, The Outcome’s The Same: You’re Screwed. – Medical Group Minute
Most people don’t like throwing good money after bad in a contract dispute.
Does Selling to Private Equity Increase Your Risk of Liability For Healthcare Fraud? – Podcast
The first purchase price is the one that the seller receives. The second purchase price is the one that the seller pays by having sold to the wrong buyer.