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Physician recruitment agreements: What are the biggest risks of agreeing to one?
Author(s)Todd Shryock
What are the biggest risks of agreeing to a physician recruitment agreement?
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Physician recruitment agreements often sound great for the physician, but the agreement may contain language that constrains what the doctor can do and where he or she can practice. These
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