physician-employment-agreement

name	physician-employment-agreement
title	Physician Employment Agreement
description	Drafts regulatory-compliant Physician Employment Agreements between healthcare employers and licensed physicians, enforcing Stark Law fair market value and Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbor requirements. Covers duties, compensation, benefits, termination, restrictive covenants, and IP provisions for clinical practice settings. Trigger keywords: physician employment contract, healthcare employment agreement, medical practice hiring, physician compensation agreement, doctor employment contract.
author	CaseMark
author_url	https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/physician-employment-agreement
license	Apache-2.0
version	0.1.0
execution_mode	open
jurisdiction	us
practice	employment
language	en
tags	["agreement","drafting","regulatory","transactional"]

Physician Employment Agreement

Drafts an employment agreement between a healthcare employer and a licensed physician, balancing clinical practice requirements with federal and state healthcare law constraints.

Prerequisites

1. Employer — entity type (PC, LLC, hospital system, academic medical center), state of organization, principal address
2. Physician — full name, license number, state(s) of licensure, board certification, specialty, DEA registration
3. Position — FT/PT, clinical hours, practice location(s), call coverage expectations
4. Compensation — base salary, productivity metrics (wRVUs, collections), bonus criteria, sign-on/relocation
5. Benefits — insurance, retirement, CME allowance, PTO, tail coverage terms
6. Restrictive covenants — geographic radius, duration, buyout option, applicable state law
7. Predecessor agreement being superseded (if any)

Output Structure

1. Parties & Recitals

Element	Details
Employer	Legal name, entity type, state of organization, principal address
Physician	Name, license #, licensure state(s), board cert, residence
Recitals	Specialty, physician qualifications, effective date, predecessor agreements superseded

2. Position & Duties

• Title, specialty, primary practice location(s)
• FT/PT definition (clinical + administrative hours per week/month)
• Clinical scope: patient types, procedures, call coverage, hospital privileges
• Administrative duties: QI committees, teaching, research, meetings
• Reporting structure and supervisory responsibilities
• Credential maintenance: license, board cert, DEA, privileges, CME
• Moonlighting policy (permitted, prohibited, or conditional)

3. Compensation & Reimbursements

• Base salary: annual amount, pay schedule
• Variable compensation: productivity metrics, quality incentives, bonus formulas
• Stark/AKS compliance: must reflect fair market value; variable pay must not correlate to volume/value of referrals [VERIFY: specific safe harbor relied upon]
• Salary review: timing, COLA, merit increase process
• Reimbursable expenses: tail coverage, licensing fees, society dues, CME, journals