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  • videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month February 5, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
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  • schedule 90 minutes

Employment Agreements for Non-Physician Health Professionals: Legislative Trends and Developments, Key Provisions

Expanding Role of NPs and PAs; Regulatory Considerations Including AKS and Stark, Scope of Practice, Restrictive Covenants

$297.00

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with a review of key considerations when drafting employment agreements for non-physician healthcare professionals—such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and the like—to meet the expectations and obligations of the parties and remain legally compliant. The panel will look at the evolving regulatory landscape, focused on expanding and redefining the responsibilities of these professionals in a time where the healthcare industry is experiencing workforce shortages, including an update on scope of practice and restrictive covenants legislation and how this may impact employment provisions.

Description

Society’s healthcare needs continue to expand while healthcare workforce shortages continue. As a result, policymakers have been considering and/or advancing legislation to adapt workforces to this environment including expanding the responsibilities of non-physician health professionals such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners while redefining supervision and collaboration requirements.

Counsel for healthcare providers should understand how to create compliant employment agreements that attract and retain these advanced non-physician health practitioners while remaining compliant in this evolving regulatory environment.

Advanced practitioner employment agreements with a hospital or medical practice establish the expectations and obligations of the parties regarding the terms of employment. When drafting employment agreements, counsel should pay close attention to restrictive covenants, scope of practice, termination provisions, and licensing issues, among other key terms.

Listen as our expert panel discusses best practices for negotiating and drafting employment agreements on behalf of advanced non-physician health practitioners, practice groups, or hospitals. The panel will provide a legislative and regulatory update as well as explain key provisions and potential pitfalls

Presented By

Clevonne M. Jacobs
Principal & Founder
Creating Equity, PLLC

Ms. Jacobs focuses her practice in the area of healthcare transactions. Calling upon her years of dedicated experience, she provides practical, pragmatic advice to help her clients achieve their strategic goals. Within the highly regulated health care industry, Ms. Jacobs advises clients, including hospitals, health systems, AMCs and large physician groups, on transactions. She serves as a regulatory adviser, providing fraud and abuse analysis in the context of a deal and ensuring her clients remain compliant with the regulations that govern health care transactions.

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Orriel L. Richardson, Esq., MPH
Healthcare Attorney and Professorial Lecturer
The George Washington University – Milken Institute School of Public Health

Ms. Richardson is an attorney and health policy expert licensed in Maryland and Washington, DC. She is recognized as a strategic advisor and ecosystem builder and is highly rated as an adjunct professor and lecturer/public speaker. Most recently, Ms. Richardson was Head of Policy and Advocacy at Morgan Health, where she led legal and policy strategies to advance innovative employer-sponsored insurance solutions and health equity across JPMorganChase. Previously, Ms. Richardson was health counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives, leading legislative efforts on health, economic well-being, and equity during the 116th and 117th Congresses. She also led cross-cutting legal and program integrity matters for the CMS Innovation Center and advised the District of Columbia’s Medicaid agency on over $3 billion in annual provider payments. Ms. Richardson holds a JD from The George Washington University, an MPH from Tulane University, and a BS from Howard University, along with graduate certificates from Oxford and Cambridge. 

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Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Thursday, February 5, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT

I. Introduction: workforce shortages and the expanding role of advanced non-physician health practitioners

II. Federal and state regulation impacting employment provisions

A. Stark and AKS

B. Scope of practice

C. Restrictive covenants

D. Other

III. Key employment provisions

A. Duties and responsibilities

B. Terms and termination

C. Licensing issues

D. Compensation and benefits

E. Incentive pitfalls to avoid

F. Restrictive covenants

G. Malpractice insurance and tail coverage

IV. Practitioner takeaways


The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • How are regulators attempting to address the workforce shortages in the healthcare industry by expanding the roles of non-physician health professionals? 
  • How does this evolving regulatory environment impact employment agreement provisions including those related to scope of practice?
  • How can restrictive covenants in employment agreements be structured to avoid being struck down as overly broad and unenforceable?
  • What are the most disputed issues during contract negotiations, and what are some effective approaches for resolving them?