title: Playing nice. Noncompete terms in physician employment agreements.
abstract: Medical groups often include a noncompete clause in their employment contracts with physicians to protect themselves if physicians leave and seek to open competing medical offices. Noncompete agreements can perform a valuable function by allowing medical groups to employ, train and financially support new professionals without fear that they are creating competitors, but the agreements' enforceability depends on state law.
authors.affiliation: Physician Advisory Services Inc., Boise, Idaho, USA. physerv@sprintmail.com
authors.forename: Marshall M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Mitchell L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Marinello
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D004465:Economic Competition; D004651:Employment; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010820:Physicians; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States