Contracts

You know all about emergency medicine, but the business of emergency medicine may leave you scratching your head and wondering about business agreements and management. In the Contracts area of ACEP.org, you can learn more about obtaining and maintaining a business contract, looking out for contractual red flags, and understanding fairness issues and due process. A new, members-only document, called What To Do When Your Contract Is Threatened, provides an overview of important timing issues.

ACEP Model Emergency Physician Services Agreement with Managed Care Organization

In Transition: Contracts - Watch Out for These Red Flags

Information Papers

• Fairness Issues and Due Process Considerations in Various Emergency Physician Relationships, 1997
• Obtaining, Maintaining, and Retaining an Emergency Department Contract, 2001
• What To Do When Your Contract Is Threatened, 2006 
• Hospital Employment, Careers Outside the Emergency Dept, 2016    

Other Contract & Management Resources

• Life After Residency
• Experts Outline How to Evaluate a Hospital Contract, ACEP News, May 2006
• How to Protect Your EM Group's Hospital Contract, ACEP News, January 2006
• EP Contracts: Handshakes and Other Red Flags, ACEP News, June 2005
• Democratic Groups

In the ACEP Bookstore

• Contract Issues for Emergency Physicians, 2nd Edition (EMRA/ACEP member discount)

View ACEP's policies on  Contracts and Compensation Arrangements