Release Date: March 16, 2011
Expiration Date, March 16, 2014
Approved for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Authors of the newly developed AMA Annotated Physician Employment Agreement will discuss issues that physicians considering employment or currently employed by organizations should become familiar with. This will include a review of important contract provisions and their potential impact on their relationship with the employing organization and their professional career. Relevant sample contract provisions will be presented and discussed.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the issues physicians may face when considering employment or are facing as
current employees of organizations.
2. Review important contract provisions and their potential impact on physicians.
3. Discuss sample contract provisions that are relevant to employed physicians.
Planning Committee
Roger Brown, PhD, AMA CME Program Committee
Katie Tinney, MEd, Program Development Administrator, AMA
Jim DeNuccio, MBA, Director of Physicians in Practice, AMA
Robert Pugach, MD, OMSS Governing Council Vice Chair, AMA
Jay Gregory, MD, OMSS Governing Council Chair, AMA
Arthur Snow, Jr, MD, OMSS Governing Council Member-at-Large A, AMA
James Goodyear, MD, OMSS Governing Council Secretary, AMA
Brian Johnston, MD, OMSS Governing Council Delegate, AMA
Faculty
Sidney Welch, JD, MPH and David Hilgers, Esq.
Accreditation Statement
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education credit for physicians.
Designation Statement
The American Medical Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure
The content of this activity does not relate to any product of a commercial interest as defined by the ACCME; therefore, there are no relevant financial relationships to disclose for the planners or faculty.
Bibliography
• Arnall Golden Gregory
• HSC Community Tracking Study Physician Survey
• Merritt, Hawkins and Associates, Inc, 2008 Survey of Final Year Medical Residents
• AMA Policy H265.998
Should you have any questions regarding this activity please contact Kathryn Tinney at kathryn.tinney@ama-assn.org or 312.464.5450
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