Private Equity

We’ve discussed non-compete restrictions and possible exceptions in our previous blog entries. In addition to non-competes, you can expect that the buyer of your practice will also expect you to agree to non-solicits and no-hires.

President Biden’s administration has had a sharp focus on competition issues in health care mergers and acquisitions.

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As we discussed in our prior blog entry, you can expect that the buyer will require you to agree to non-compete restrictions.

In the past decade, the financial and operational ground has shifted in orthopedics and other medical specialties.

After you have decided to pursue a sale transaction, inevitably one of the biggest topics you’ll come across during the negotiation phase with the buyer is the non-compete restriction.

If you’re an owner of a practice that has decided to pursue a sale transaction, you have likely been working for months with your partners and advisers to explore the market, evaluate potential buyers and negotiate key deal terms.

You’ve made the decision to sell your practice, got your house in order and hired advisers. Now you need to start making decisions regarding the terms of the sale.

Many states have corporate practice of medicine prohibitions.

In a health care system and a specialty that is become increasingly corporatized, there is a danger of small practices and independent rheumatologists, and their being drowned out by larger, louder voices.