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Physician Contracting 101 – Rickard & Associates

Physician contracts are often complicated and have unique terms. We help our clients understand the terms and negotiate their contracts. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). Many of our clients are physicians who are negotiating or renegotiating their employment contracts with their employers. Sometimes these are with health systems, hospitals, or small physician offices. We also have clients come to us with issues after they negotiated their own contracts. Physician contracts are unique, as they have standard…
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How I Recovered from Over $500,000 Worth of Medical Debt

A sudden diagnosis of heart failure in an otherwise healthy 28-year-old person is challenging to accept. Spending the next months grappling with questions like “Will he be able to go back to work?” and “How will we make payments on our mortgage?” was difficult. We were married just three years prior, had children, and were shocked to see a huge medical bill show up for the unexpected diagnosis of a chronic health condition. Pulling together and working hard to make big decisions, we were able to pay off $500,000 worth of medical debt and put ourselves on the path to…
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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo launches her health care side hustle

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! The battle over mifepristone continues, Taylor Swift vetted FTX better than the pros, and Fortune senior writer Maria Aspan talks to Instacart’s CEO about getting her health care startup off the ground. Happy Thursday. More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year—all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? This CD has a 5.15% APY right now Buying a house? Here’s how much to save This is how much money you need to earn annually to comfortably buy a $600,000 home – Long-awaited launch. Since she took over…
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Florida’s new abortion ban isn’t a horror story. It’s a death sentence

“So what are some of the horror stories you’ve seen?” After more than 20 years as an abortion care physician, this is a question I’m used to being asked. And I will be hearing that question more than ever now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a move that puts reproductive rights in this state under one of the greatest attacks we have ever experienced. Suffering is not a ‘story’ When people ask me about some of the “horror stories” I’ve seen, they are usually well-meaning. It’s a clunky question that…