Hospital Contracts Manual

No hospital or health care facility can afford the disastrous results of a contract gone wrong. Hospital Contracts Manual provides practical, authoritative guidance so you can eliminate the possibility of unexpected and undesirable contractual results. Virtually every contractual issue that health care facilities face is covered in detail, including:

• Shared services
• Physician compensation
• Management contracts
• Managed care contracts
• Fraud and abuse compliance
• Antitrust
• And so much more!

With Hospital Contracts Manual, you'll learn what contract will best meet your hospital's goals, what should be included in a particular contract, the implications of specific clauses and phrases, and how to ensure that your facility's interests are fully protected.

Specifically, Hospital Contracts Manual:

• Leads you step-by-step to contracts that meet your hospital's objectives and minimize your risk
• Explains and weighs pros and cons of the most common agreements in each contract area
• Offers a comprehensive library of proven sample agreements, checklists, forms, clauses, and provisions
• Is written in user-friendly language, without confusing "legalese"
• And much more!

Hospital Contracts Manual has been updated to include:

• Discussion of Medicare Part D and changes made to it by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• Discussion of the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
• Discussion of ACOs and the self-referral prohibition
• Discussion of ACOs and the antikickback statute
• Discussion of ACOs and the gain-sharing prohibition
• New section on Medicare regulation of the formation of integrated delivery systems, including PSOs and ACOs
• New sections on the special antitrust enforcement approach for ACOs
• New sections on tax-exempt organizations participating in ACOs
• Discussion of advisory opinions involving ACOs
• Discussion of the HITECH Act as it relates to disclosure of HER and the May 2011 proposed rule

1. Fundamentals of Contracting
2. Quality-Based Health Care Delivery Contracts
3. Direct Contracting
4. Contracts for Professional Services
5. Leases
6. Health Care Provider Joint Purchasing Arrangements
7. Management Agreements
8. Third Party Payer Considerations
9. Institutional Provider Agreements with PROs
10. Assurances in Federal and State Agency Agreements
11. Financing the Acquisition of Facilities and Equipment
12. Design and Construction Agreements
13. Patient Transfer Agreements
14. Managed Care Risk-Sharing Organizations and Structures
15. Managed Care Agreements
16. Integrated Delivery Systems
17. Relationships with HMOs
18. Trustee Compensation and Indemnity
19. Impact of Canon Law on Health Care Delivery
20. Contracting with Protestant Health Care Delivery Systems
21. Antitrust Considerations
22. Contracts and Joint Ventures
23. Fraud and Abuse Issues in Physician Transactions
24. Implications of HIPAA
25. Research and Development Agreements