Physician Contract Termination: How to Protect Your Interests

August 19, 2025April 6, 2020 by Justin Nabity

Physician contracts are legally binding documents that contain all the terms of your employment. In addition to details about your salary and benefits, contracts also include termination clauses.

The termination clause is a key part of the contract, both for physicians and employers. Before ending your contract or firing an employee, it is important that you understand every aspect of the termination clause.

Ready to learn more? Here is our guide to physician contract termination and how to protect your interests.

Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts: What They Mean For You

November 12, 2025February 24, 2020 by Justin Nabity

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Unless you own a private practice, almost every physician will have to sign an employment contract at some point in their career. And those contracts include all sorts of confusing language, legal jargon, and specific terms. Physician contracts include details on salary, benefits, and the responsibilities of the position. They detail when you will work, … Read more

Everything You Need to Know About Employment Contract Review

December 12, 2025October 31, 2019 by Justin Nabity

An employment contract review by a lawyer is one of the most essential steps any doctor can take before accepting a new job offer. A physician’s employment contract is worth millions of dollars and typically contains financial complexities that even experienced doctors require a second opinion to evaluate. To fully assess how an employment offer … Read more

How To Increase Your Income As A Physician

December 18, 2024July 23, 2019 by Justin Nabity

It’s no secret that compensation can be a difficult discussion with potential employers.

Here, we’ll give you everything that you need to navigate that discussion and start earning what you’re worth.

We’ll delve into understanding your worth, evaluating (and prioritizing) the roles that will bring you the most happiness, and the four key factors to review within the contract negotiation phase.

Physician Focused: The 3 Things Residents Need to Look for in Their Employment Contract

December 10, 2024May 6, 2019 by Justin Nabity

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Originally Posted by Erin Dabbs from Physician Focused on Apr 2, 2019 You’ve received your first-ever 40-page contract from an employer. It’s your first job offer and you deserve it. What feelings come to mind when thinking about coming back around to the employer and negotiating? It’s normal to want to avoid sounding greedy, not … Read more

What Happens When a Doctor Breaches Their Employment Contract?

December 19, 2024February 12, 2019 by Justin Nabity

It’s a story that’s all too common. A doctor receives an exciting job offer. He quickly signs the employment contract without thorough negotiation or review. The very last thing on his mind is breaching his contract in any way. As time goes by, however, the doctor wants to leave the position (70% of doctors stay … Read more

What’s Included in a Doctor’s Benefits Package?

December 22, 2022February 1, 2019 by Justin Nabity

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Disability Insurance When a doctor is weighing a job offer, a benefits package can be a deciding factor that prompts her to accept or walk away from a potential position. A benefits package contains everything from vacation time to dental insurance. And understanding the fine print is critical to evaluating an employment contract. A professional … Read more

Five Common Misconceptions about Physician Contract Reviews

June 27, 2024January 18, 2019 by Justin Nabity

Professional contract review is one of the final steps that a new doctor must take before securing their first official job. And yet, many residents and fellows are largely in the dark about the details of the professional contract review process when they receive their first employment offer. Our team of physician contract attorneys and … Read more

Physician Contracts: Make sure you’re earning your fair share.

June 27, 2024December 7, 2018 by Justin Nabity

Earn your Fair Share There’s no doubt you want to maximize a fair share of your salary. What if there was someone less qualified than you in the department making more money than you are? You wouldn’t be happy. We hear stories like this all the time. They usually all have one thing in common: the … Read more

The Doctor’s Life Podcast 043- All About The Situation

June 27, 2024September 19, 2016 by Justin Nabity

Maybe you’ve been there before; Wanting out of your employer so bad, you’d probably take anything at this point. When something does comes your way, you realize it’s not ideal, but you still really want to take it because it’s not your current employer. You pass on it though and wonder if that perfect situation … Read more

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