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Practice Entities 101 / Course 04

Practice Entities 101

How California ownership rules, entity separation, property, leases, management, and insurance divide responsibility.

The legal structure must match the daily operation of the practice.

A coastal highway curves past a MED-MAL 101 route sign
Practice Who provides care and controls medicine
Property Who owns the building and equipment
Contracts Leases, management, guarantees, and insurance

Guides in Practice Entities 101.

Part 01

Form and operate the practice entity

Identify the permitted practice entity and keep its operations separate from its owners.

  1. 01

    Entity separation only works if the practice lives it

    A California physician guide to records, money, contracts, clinical-control boundaries, and policy evidence that support an entity's real role.

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  2. 02

    What a California LLC charging order reaches - and what it does not

    A California physician guide to LLC interests, charging orders, foreclosure risk, property entities, and why an LLC cannot be the medical practice.

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Part 02

Separate property and management

Separate clinical ownership from property, leases, guarantees, and administrative services.

  1. 03

    Practice property, leases, and insurance: make every entity's role explicit

    A California physician guide to the professional practice, property owner, lease, personal guarantee, asset schedule, and issued-policy review.

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  2. 04

    An MSO can manage administration. It cannot manage medicine.

    A California physician guide to MSO agreements, clinical-control boundaries, records, termination, investor rules, and policy-specific coverage review.

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Part 03

Evaluate group risk programs

Review the capital, claims process, and governance required for a group risk program.

  1. 05

    When a medical group retains malpractice risk: captive, retention, or RRG?

    A physician guide to commercial deductibles, self-insured retentions, captives, risk retention groups, reinsurance, severe-loss risk, and exit terms.

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