2008 Update on Advising MD and DDS Practices, Part 1
Physician practices and groups are complex business enterprises governed by a wide variety of federal and state statutory regimes. In the last year, these practices have seen their legal and regulatory environment undergo several substantial changes. Led by two practitioners with decades advising medical practices, this program will provide you with a practical guide to recent developments. Among other topics, the program will discuss recent developments in the sale of MD versus DDS practices, sales of personal goodwill, gain-sharing rules, physician billing practices and other proposed Medicare rules.
November 11, 2008 – Day 1:
- Trends in MD v. DDS practice sales
- Physician practices now subject to IDTF rules
- Sales of personal goodwill
- Medicare proposal to cover telephone or email encounters for established patients (with payments on par with in-person visits)
James D Egleston is a partner in the Cleveland office of Waldheger Coyne Co., LPA, where he has a national practice representing physicians and physician groups. He represents clients on projects ranging from traditional physician office practices to physician networks to ancillary services and ambulatory surgery centers to large joint ventures involving physicians, hospitals and privately funded national investor groups. Among other areas, his practice focuses on the Anti-Kickback Law, the Stark Law, antitrust law, billing rules and regulations and general business and tax planning. Mr. Egleston received his B.S. and Masters of Tax from Akron University and his J.D. from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law.
Alson R. Martin is a partner in the Kansas City office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, where his practice focuses on representing professional businesses, especially physicians. Mr. Martin is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and is author of Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships and the co-author of Kansas Corporation Law & Practice (Including Tax Aspects). He is President and a Director of the Small Business Council of America and former Chair of the American Bar Association Personal Service Organizations. Mr. Martin is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Kansas (highest distinction), where he received his B.A., the New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and received his J.D. cum laude and his LL.M. in Taxation.
