We build relationships. There is too much at stake for both practice owners and younger professionals for either to blindly enter an associateship. Prior to entering the associateship both parties should explore important topics and consider how they will practice together. The key working items should be reduced to a written associateship agreement to avoid potential misunderstandings. By taking these and other preliminary steps a good foundation will be established for a professional relationship built on shared expectations and trust. For Practice Owners We Provide Prospect / Practice Evaluation And All Key Documents. We act to coordinate the steps the practice owner should be taking to find, qualify and present an opportunity, including compensation formats and potential equity partnership, to prospects. Younger professionals have many opportunities today and we take seriously developing a professional package for the younger professional and their advisors to evaluate the practice opportunity. For Younger Professionals We Provide Opportunity Review and Guidance. On behalf of younger professionals we help to review and evaluate proposals, compensation, benefits, associate agreements, and the potential path of the relationship as well as help locate local counsel and accounting assistance. How we help you establish your associateship relationship. We Provide Prospect / Practice Evaluation. In our view this is the critical starting point for professional practice relationships. Without an objective review of what the practice and the opportunity offers many practice owners we observe think they have more or less than what is actually present. As a result, when the practice opportunity is presented to prospects many times the younger professional does not gain an accurate picture of what is available.

We Assess The Potential Future Path of the Relationship. A primary part of starting the process properly is to have a facilitator that assists to determine the options for the parties' future, if any, after the associate phase. With valuable practices at stake, and the personal and professional careers of doctors hanging in the balance, a good map of the future should be developed early in the relationship. We Provide Guidelines on Associate Employee, Independent Contractor and Solo Group Formats. Picking the format for the associateship that best fits with the practice and doctors is an important early step. We have years of experience in tailoring the format of the relationship and have written and lectured on the topic many times. You can get the benefit of our extensive experience. We Provide Formatted Agreements. Our associate agreements have been used and reviewed by doctors and there legal and accounting advisors for decades. These agreements present equitable provisions that are not one sided or indefensible. Take advantage of our years of experience to start your practice relationship off on the right footing. We Get It Done By Facilitating At Every Turn. Through our interviews, our presentation of the practice opportunity or critique of a practice associateship we assist to move the process along. We prepare timelines and interact with the doctors and their advisors to bring the relationship to the point that all parties and comfortable with proceeding. The old approach of having a younger professional "just come in a work for awhile and see how it goes" just does not work, maybe in some instances in the short term but not for the longer term. In our view the best approach to establishing a positive and rewarding associateship experience for all parties is to methodically build their relationship using a time tested protocol coupled with an exchange of information that creates trust. To schedule a consultation, click here or call us at 800-999-8121