title: Physician executive contracts: negotiating the future.
abstract: Once viewed as a matter of standard protocol, physician executive contracts have become as complex as the health care industry itself. Historically, hospital administration and physicians negotiated a few key points, then sent the ideas to an attorney for insertion of standard legalize and boilerplate. Today, physician executive contracts are an important part of the changes in health care. They not only cover traditional hospital and physician relations, but increasingly apply to new types of relations (such as employment) between hospitals and physicians, physicians and physicians, and health plans and physicians. In this article, we will explore both the "content" and the "context" of physician executive contracts. Content will deal with the specific provisions typically included in contracts. Context will address issues associated with preparing for and negotiating a contract.
authors.affiliation: Hay Group, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods*; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States