Structuring and Managing Oncology Service Lines: Regulatory Challenges, Physician Employment, and More
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to counsel for healthcare facilities and physicians on managing oncology service lines. The panel will review applicable laws, regulations and other considerations to structure service lines, including physician contracts, to meet compliance requirements and avoid common pitfalls.
Outline
- Service line arrangements
- Model
- Payment arrangements
- Key regulatory concerns
- CMP statute
- FCA
- Employment contracts
- FMV and business considerations
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Employment arrangements with medical and radiation oncologists and bone marrow transplant physicians
- Characteristics and structural objectives of professional services agreements (PSAs) with medical oncologists
- Consideration of practice losses that may be typical in medical oncology practices
- Methodologies for compensating employed or independent contractor medical oncologists for infusion supervision services
- Nuances of co-management arrangements for the oncology service line
- Updates on 340(b) pricing and regulatory concerns relative to the medical oncology physician
- Physician coverage arrangements (and subsidies) for radiation oncology
- Compensation arrangements and issues related to clinical trial principal investigator activities
Faculty
Andrea M. Ferrari, JD, MPH
Partner
HealthCare Appraisers
Ms. Ferrari focuses on physician payments related to hospital-physician alignment and efficiency improvement... | Read More
Ms. Ferrari focuses on physician payments related to hospital-physician alignment and efficiency improvement strategies, valuation of services provided by physician-hospital organizations, payments for services provided in connection with clinical research/clinical trial agreements, payments for physician supervision of midlevel practitioners, and health practitioner recruitment and support arrangements. She has provided counsel and representation to various types of clients in the healthcare industry, including hospitals, physicians and physician groups, and pharmaceutical and medical device vendors, distributors, and manufacturers. She works with clients in all 50 states.
Daryl P. Johnson
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
HealthCare Appraisers
Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of valuation, financial and operational experience, with more than 25 years of experience... | Read More
Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of valuation, financial and operational experience, with more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare sector, focusing primarily on any type of agreement or compensation arrangement which may have Stark and/or Anti-Kickback implications. He has also been responsible for the development and operation of a national network of outpatient bone marrow transplant centers; clinical trials programs; clinical laboratories; ambulatory surgery centers; imaging centers; and physical therapy programs.
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Kevin Obletz
Director
HealthCare Appraisers
Mr. Obletz focuses on valuation and analysis of healthcare provider compensation arrangements. He is involved in all... | Read More
Mr. Obletz focuses on valuation and analysis of healthcare provider compensation arrangements. He is involved in all aspects of healthcare valuation analysis, including physician employment and recruitment arrangements, medical director compensation, compensated call coverage, management and consulting arrangements, collections guarantees and subsidy arrangements, and academic compensation arrangements. Prior to joining HealthCare Appraisers, he served as associate general counsel in the regional office of an international sports-marketing firm.
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