Tenant doctor/provider/service/contractor agreements

Written agreements to minimise medico-legal claims, lack of provider restraints, payroll tax, superannuation guarantee, workers compensation and award compliance. The agreements also cover registrars and overseas providers. 

These agreements avoid deemed employee and employer arrangements by State and Federal legislation that attract severe penalties and fines under the Fair Work and Long Service Leave Act, Personal Services Income Rules, Payroll Tax Act and Superannuation Guarantee Legislation. 

Having taken into account conflicting expert legal and accounting opinions across different state and federal laws and changing government health programs, e.g. the Practice Incentive Program, we have developed a generic provider contract template that addresses tax minimisation, employer superannuation, payroll tax, unfair dismissal, industrial laws and potential malpractice claims against practices. These agreements are Australian Tax Office friendly as well. A key feature of our agreements that clients seek is an ability to provide an incentive for part-time workers to do more sessions, for example discounting service fees if they bill more than $15,000 per month or use higher dollar value Medicare item numbers such as chronic disease management. Retention clauses can also be embedded into these agreements.

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