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Physician Contract Glossary · Compensation

Ownership and Setting of Fees

This clause decides who sets the prices for your services and who owns the revenue they generate.

This provision spells out who has the authority to set the fees charged for your services and who owns the resulting collections. In an employed model the practice almost always controls both. It matters because the party that sets fees and owns revenue controls your earning ceiling, and a physician who cannot influence pricing is taking whatever the practice decides the work is worth.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Understand that in most employed contracts you set neither your fees nor own your collections. Know that going in, and weigh it against the income model offered.

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