Structure and professional control
Professional-entity formation, ownership and management arrangements. We assess corporate-practice-of-medicine questions using the actual allocation of decisions, not the entity name alone. Medical Board of California practice guidance.
Practice identity
Medical Board Fictitious Name Permit applications and applicable shareholder, partnership or address-change notices. Entity formation and the practice-name permission are separate steps. Medical Board FNP process.
Business agreements
Leases, billing services, technology, staff arrangements and payer contracts. We identify what the practice is promising and which terms need attention as it grows.
Physician economics
Compensation formulas, productivity measures, distributions, buy-ins and departures. We make the documents clear about how money is calculated and how disagreements are resolved.
Ancillary services and referrals
Ownership, compensation and referral arrangements can raise physician self-referral questions. We assess applicability and available exceptions under the relevant framework. CMS physician self-referral resources.
Operating across locations
Governance, physician services, shared overhead and the permissions relevant to added services. A testing service, imaging suite or surgery setting brings its own analysis.
See Laboratories & Diagnostics and Surgery Centers for those operations.
Patient-facing terms
Membership agreements, included services, renewal, cancellation and what happens when the treating physician changes.
Payment model
We examine how the proposed fee relates to covered services, payer contracts and the practice's participation choices. The membership label alone does not settle those questions.
Care and information
Telehealth arrangements, privacy terms, record custody and communications. For physician telehealth in California, licensing and consent questions follow the Medical Board's framework. Telehealth guidance.
Yes. We can start with a defined compensation or agreement review. We also identify connected terms, such as distributions or buyout provisions, that could affect the intended result.
Yes. Bring the governing agreements and the decisions in dispute. We can assess rights, practical options and steps toward a negotiated resolution, as well as litigation where needed.
