Healthcare Contracting With Vendors and Suppliers
Negotiating Indemnification, Limitation of Liability, Change of Control, and Other Key Provisions
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide counsel on healthcare contracting with vendors and suppliers. The panel will examine the key provisions to be included in these contracts and offer strategies for negotiating some of the crucial clauses that may be contentious between the vendor and facility.
Outline
- Vendor due diligence
- Key provisions in healthcare contracts with vendors/suppliers
- Indemnification
- Limitation of liability
- Scope of services
- Payments
- Contract term and termination for convenience
- Assignment
- Change of control
- Performance requirements
- Privacy and security (HIPAA, PHI)
- Best practices for negotiating critical provisions
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important topics:
- What provisions should counsel include in hospital and healthcare organization contracts with vendors and suppliers?
- What steps should counsel take during contract negotiations to avoid problems related to change in ownership of the vendor?
- What can hospitals and healthcare organizations do during contract negotiations to minimize the privacy and security risks related to protecting health information?
Faculty
Vimala Devassy
Partner, Co-Chair Healthcare Technology Team
Baker & Hostetler
Ms. Devassy focuses her practice on transactions and regulatory matters for healthcare industry clients. She has a... | Read More
Ms. Devassy focuses her practice on transactions and regulatory matters for healthcare industry clients. She has a wealth of experience in structuring complex transactions among healthcare providers, negotiating a broad spectrum of industry relevant contracts and advising clients on day-to-day regulatory and compliance matters, including fraud and abuse laws and health information laws. Certified as a Health Care Information Security and Privacy Practitioner, as well as an Information Privacy Professional, Ms. Devassy has extensive experience managing issues related to confidentiality, privacy and security of health information, including compliance with the rubric of state and federal healthcare privacy laws, such as HIPAA, digital health laws, and the 21st Century Cures Act requirements, including the information blocking regulations. Her work includes helping clients understand how to align their privacy and information security programs in compliance with applicable laws, respond to potential breach and security incidents, permissibly utilize and share their health data, and navigate complex privacy and security laws as they consider innovative new technologies and business opportunities.
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Jeffrey H. Frost
Partner
Jackson Walker
Mr. Frost draws on more than 20 years of experience as in-house counsel to advise clients on healthcare regulatory... | Read More
Mr. Frost draws on more than 20 years of experience as in-house counsel to advise clients on healthcare regulatory matters, hospital operations, and medical staff issues. He serves as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients on legal and regulatory matters including complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, employment issues, physician litigation, and access to electronic health records. Mr. Frost’s experience includes advising medical staffs, medical groups, and hospitals on a full range of credentialing, privileging, peer review, and quality assurance topics, as well as assisting hospital administration with governmental investigations, fraud and abuse claims, agency complaints and medical staff hearings. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frost served as Deputy General Counsel at an integrated health network with 24 acute care hospitals and more than 200 clinics across Northern California.
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