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The answer to this question may, in some cases, depend on the particular circumstances at hand, but in all cases, a physician attorney can provide you with a strong array of value when they review your employment agreement. For instance, most physician employment agreements are drafted by lawyers, not by a physician. This means that the agreement is likely to be full of terms of art and legal language, all of which can have special meaning, beyond the basic reading of the words. In fact, the language of physician employment contracts often contain terms and phrases that have special meaning not to just any lawyer, but specifically health care lawyers trained in the area of physician contracts. In many cases a lawyer who focuses on contract law in general will not have the background or expertise to advise a physician client accurately with respect to a physician employment agreement. In other words, a health care lawyer is best-suited to translate the legal terms in your employment agreement and help explain any parts of the agreement that may be unclear.
Additionally, a lawyer with physician employment contract law expertise is able to suggest meaningful changes to your agreement that may benefit you in the long run in two (2) ways. First, your physician lawyer can point out harmful legal terms to which you perhaps should not agree. Second, your physician contract lawyer can also point out areas of the agreement where the potential employer may not be offering you market standards, which can result in a change to the agreement that is favorable to you. This would include changes to benefits, compensation, and working condition specifics.
If you are curious about the value that can be added by a physician attorney, please contact us at 317-989-4833 or visit our website at www.lauthoneill.com.
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