Historically, health care provider employers and employees have tended to use termination "without cause" as a proxy for termination "without fault." That is, in the traditional physician employment agreement, there may be one set of consequences if the agreement is terminated "with cause," and another, different set of consequences if the agreement is terminated "without cause," with those consequences established on the assumption that "without cause" means the employee is not at fault. As described below, that assumption may be both incorrect ...
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