Essential characteristics that define compliant Tenant Doctor™ arrangements.
Overview A Tenant Doctor™ arrangement must demonstrate key characteristics of independence: operating own ABN/business, control over work methods, bearing business risk, ability to delegate, own professional indemnity insurance, setting own fees, separate Medicare provider number, and independent patient relationships. These factors distinguish contractors from employees.
Details Key Characteristics of a Compliant Tenant Doctor™ Arrangement:
Business Independence: ✓ Operates own ABN and business entity ✓ Bears own business risk (good months and bad) ✓ Sets own consultation fees ✓ Has independent Medicare provider number
Control & Autonomy: ✓ Controls work methods and clinical decisions ✓ Determines own hours (within facility access) ✓ Can delegate work to locums ✓ Free to work at multiple locations
Risk & Insurance: ✓ Own professional indemnity insurance ✓ Own public liability coverage ✓ Responsible for own compliance
Patient Relationships: ✓ Patients are the practitioner's patients ✓ Own patient records and data ✓ Independent recall and follow-up
Premises Arrangement: ✓ Licence to occupy (not employment) ✓ Pays for premises access ✓ Separate identifiable practice
Warning Signs (Do Not Use): ✗ Practice 'allocating' patients ✗ Required attendance at staff meetings ✗ Performance management processes ✗ Practice setting fees
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