Webinar Duration: 60 minutes

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SPEAKER: Gina L Campanella

OVERVIEW:
This lecture will provide an overview of how to read and interpret a typical physician or health care provider employment or contractor agreement.It is critical that any agreement that an employee or contractor is required to sign be provided to the employee or contractor well in advance of the start date with plenty of time and opportunity to review and revise as needed.

The presenter will begin by outlining the difference between being an employee and a contractor, and what the ramifications are of each classification, as well as providing a general overview of other basic business considerations when considering an employment or contractor position of any kind.

Attendees will learn how to interpret basic agreement terms and learn how to eliminate the term “boilerplate” and “legalese” from their vocabulary when considering such contracts. Every single word in a contract is there for a reason, just because the reason is legal compliance does not mean an employee or contractor should brush off the need to understand those words!

The presenter will provide various alternatives to agreement terms in areas such as compensation, scope of duties, reimbursement for professional fees and costs, and professional liability insurance.Additionally, attendees will learn how to interpret differences in terms that may seem innocuous to the untrained eye but could result in thousands – or tens of thousands – of dollars in losses to the employee or contractor.

The presenter will also discuss potential termination of the agreement and what terms should be in all agreements to prepare for potential termination in order to be sure everyone knows what his or her rights and responsibilities are before there is a breakdown in the relationship that would result in need to terminate.

Finally, attendees should have the basic knowledge and confidence to understand and negotiate basic agreement terms as well as the knowledge to understand when they should call on help, such as a qualified healthcare attorney, to negotiate on his or her behalf.

Why should you Attend: Are you currently working pursuant to an employment or contractor agreement that you signed immediately upon receipt? Did you receive an agreement to sign on your first day at your current position with no meaningful time to review or consider the agreement? Too many individuals sign employment and contractor agreements either without reading them (either due to lack of time or misunderstanding as to enforceability) or, once having read them, making the incorrect assumption that all terms are “non-negotiable”.

More often than not, the terms are definitely negotiable and, even if they truly are not, a dialog about what the terms mean and the reasoning behind their inclusion in the agreement can provide critical insight into the employer’s motivation and practices.

This webinar will provide an overview of what the various “standard” agreement terms really mean and how to interpret them. Employees and contractors often fail to protect themselves because they believe that they either cannot or, that the terms of the agreement cannot be enforced. Far too often physicians and health care providers will not seek the assistance of health care counsel to review a proposed employment or contractor agreement until it is already signed and he or she is already in a hopeless situation with no feasible way out.

Areas Covered in the Session:
– W2 vs. 1099
– Basic Agreement Terms
– Duties
– Compensation
– Professional Liability Insurance
– Outside Employment
– Termination
– Restrictive Covenants
– Current & Future Trends in Physician employment

Who Will Benefit:
– Physicians
– PAs/APNs
– practice Managers
– Health Care Providers
– Financial Managers/Advisors
– Compliance Officers
– Human Resources & Employee Managers

SPEAKER PROFILE:
Gina L. Campanella focuses on healthcare regulatory and transactional matters federally and in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Ms. Campanella has assisted clients with transactional services and regulatory compliance consulting, as well as general counsel services to small practices and large societies and medical groups alike. Clients also seek her expertise when reviewing employment agreements, formation of new practices, separation from and sale of practices, business structuring, and surgical center licensing and registration, including preparation for Department of Health, AAAHC and AAAASF surveys of licensed and Medicare deemed facilities, as well as preparation and implementation of resulting plans of correction.

Ms. Campanella graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University with a Masters in Healthcare Administration in 2012 and earned her Juris Doctor from Seton Hall Law in 2005. Ms. Campanella lectures nationally on issues of health care law and compliance for events and organizations such as: the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Conference, the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society, the Health Care Compliance Association, the New Jersey Medical Group Management Association, the New York Medical Group management Association, Columbia University Medical School, the Advanced Emergency & Acute Care Medicine CME Conference, the CentraState Medical Center Practice Managers Group, Bassett Medical Center Medical Staff, the New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants, Mentor Health and Skillacquire.

Ms. Campanella has been admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2006, the District of Columbia since 2013, the State of New York since 2013 and the State of Pennsylvania since 2017. Ms. Campanella was recognized by New Jersey Super LawyersTM as a Rising Star in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018, a “Best of Bergen” attorney by Bergen Magazine in 2017, and is recognized by AVVO as a Clients’ Choice Attorney in 2016, 2017 and 2018 with an AVVO rating of “10 out of 10”.* Her additional certifications include earning the status of Certified HIPAA Administrator from the HIPAA Academy and she is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.