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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE
Sponsored by How to Recruit and Develop Physician Leaders

presented on May 18, 2005

Physician recruitment can be risky business.

Listen to "Recruit Physicians Without Landing in Jail." Our experts will show you how to recruit physicians effectively without violating the law and risking huge civil monetary damages, not to mention time in jail. <

It's true. The government is prosecuting hospitals and has individually named hospital administrators for physician recruitment practices that violate federal law. Recent Stark II regulations and high profile cases have thrown hospitals' physician recruitment strategies under the microscope. Case in point: The Alvarado Hospital criminal case in which one former hospital administrator has already pled guilty. A separate criminal prosecution against the hospital has ended in a hung jury, but the U. S. Attorney has promised to retry the case.

Fall out of line and you, too, could be facing thousands—even millions—of dollars in criminal penalties. Or worse, jail time. That's why you can't afford to miss this invaluable program.

You'll walk away from this audioconference knowing:

• How to use incentives to recruit physicians without violating Stark II and its regulation
• What the recruitment pitfalls are when recruiting a physician to a new or existing practice
• How to define "relocation"

• Recruitment environment today
• Stark II Overview
• Alvarado case study
• Insights into Stark enforcement from Alvarodo case
• Common recruitment pitfalls and how to avoid them:
  

  -Relocation
  -Recruitment to solo practice or existing group
  -No-compete covenant restriction
  -Strategic issues
  -Income guarantees
  -Marketing expenses
  -Signing bonuses
  -Stipends
  -Leasehold improvements
  -Forgiveness

• Are exclusively contracted specialties a special case?
• Possible resurgence of physician employment
• Q and A

Who should participate?

• Directors of physician recruitment
• Compliance officers
• Directors of physician services
• Risk managers
• VPMAs
• CMOs
• MSPs
• CEOs
• In-house legal counsel
• Healthcare attorneys

Meet the speakers who tackle this issue head-on!

Richard A. Sheff, MD, serves as chairman and executive director for the Greeley Company. He has also authored numerous books on healthcare related topics, is a popular national speaker and serves on the faculty of the American College of Physician Executives and The Governance Institute. His previous positions include VPMA, IPA president, PHO medical director, president of a corporation that owned and operated physician practices, and group practice medical director.

Charles B.Oppenheim, JD, is a partner at Foley & Lardner. He is a member of the firm's Health Law Department and wrote the AHLA's book on Stark. Oppenheim is well-versed in creating and implementing compliance programs. His experience is in investigating compliance issues, responding to government investigations, and negotiating settlements. Oppenheim has substantial experience in managed care, and is a nationally recognized expert in fraud and abuse and physician anti-referral statutes.

Marci Rose Levine, JD, practices healthcare law in Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Washington, D.C.'s office, and has extensive corporate experience representing a broad range of healthcare organizations, including hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, physician practices, managed care organizations and trade associations. On behalf of these organizations, Levine has assisted in the negotiation and documentation of various corporate transactions, including acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, debt financing arrangements, and health facilities development. She also advises clients with respect to a wide range of contracting practices, including employment contracts, medical director agreements, managed care arrangements, and management services agreements.

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