In this episode, Dr. Eveline Waring and Lisa Thomas (a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell) discuss the often-confusing area of legal contracts with regards to independent practice. Lisa gives expert guidance on how to navigate termination provisions, restrictive covenants, buyouts, partnership agreements, and more, and shares her thoughts on some of the biggest mistakes to avoid when it comes to approaching legal issues as an independent practitioner.
If you’re in need of legal services for your practice and would like to connect with Lisa, she can be reached at Lisa.Thomas@HuschBlackwell.com (mailto:Lisa.Thomas@HuschBlackwell.com) .
Lisa Thomas
A partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell, Lisa Thomas is a trusted advisor to clients across the healthcare industry who are contemplating major strategic initiatives to enhance their businesses in a rapidly evolving marketplace.
Lisa has served as a trusted advisor to healthcare providers for over three decades, helping industry leaders overcome the challenges of a constantly changing marketplace. She routinely tackles her clients’ major strategic events, such as joint ventures, strategic alliances, and reorganizations, as well as providing day-to-day legal advice addressing critical areas of concern, including fraud and abuse, enrollment and certification, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, managed care contracting, hospital-physician alignment strategies, and privacy and governance issues.
Lisa practices from Charleston, South Carolina and is a frequent speaker and author, having provided numerous articles and presentations for American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the South Carolina Hospital Association, and several physician specialty associations.
Dr. Eveline Waring
Dr. Eveline “Dede” Waring has been practicing medicine since 1996 and since her board certification in 2001 has limited her practice to the specialty of endocrinology. From 2009 to 2013, she worked at Roper Physician Partners, heading up the Medical Subspecialty Committee. In 2014, Dr. Waring joined Palmetto Primary Care and started their Mount Pleasant office of Palmetto Endocrinology. In 2016, Dr. Waring purchased Carolina Endocrine Associates, a practice in existence for more than twenty years and located near Trident Hospital in North Charleston.
Dr. Waring is a leader in her professional community, serving as Past President of Carolinas Society of Endocrinologists and as a current board member of IndeDocs.
When she is not seeing patients, Dr. Waring enjoys spending time with her husband and son as well as family and friends. Her hobbies are hiking, tennis, fly fishing, cooking, reading, traveling and music.
INDEDOCS:
IndeDocs (Independent Doctors of South Carolina) is an organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and promoting the doctor/patient relationship through the independent practice of medicine in South Carolina.
Our goal as a non-profit 501 (c)(6) organization is to provide a network of support and connection for the South Carolina medical community so that independent providers can practice autonomous, patient-centered medicine while also benefiting from the advantages of being part of a larger group, with access to exclusive resources, networking avenues, pooled purchasing power, legislative advocacy, and more.
To learn more about our mission, our membership, or sponsorship opportunities, please visit us online at IndeDocs.com (indedocs.com/) or contact us at IndeDocs.com/Contact (indedocs.com/Contact) for more information.
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