Buying and Selling Physician Practices: Legal and Business Considerations, Transaction Structure, Key Provisions

This CLE webinar will provide guidance to healthcare counsel involved in the purchase or sale of physician practices on the key legal and business issues for buyers and sellers. The panel will examine applicable federal and state laws and regulations, as well as fair market value considerations. The panel will also offer strategies for negotiating and structuring the arrangement and discuss best practices for mitigating the risk of noncompliance in a highly regulated transaction.

In the era of healthcare consolidation where investors, health systems, and others are interested in purchasing physician practices and physicians are interested in selling their practices for any number of reasons including increased financial and regulatory demands, healthcare counsel involved in these transactions should clearly understand the legal and business concerns involved in the sale of a physician practice. 

Important considerations for buyers and sellers in these highly regulated transactions include CPOM, fee splitting and kickbacks, due diligence, handling of patient protected health information, third-party contract assignments, tax considerations, and legal ramifications for noncompliance.

Listen as our authoritative panel explains the key legal and business considerations for buyers and sellers of physician practices and offers strategies for negotiating and structuring the transaction.