Free Physician Compensation Review & Approval Playbook

Most physician payment errors don’t happen at contract signing. They happen between review and release: an expired arrangement that still gets paid, an adjustment nobody re-approved, a dispute settled over email. Under the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, those gaps can turn a routine payment into a compliance problem.

This playbook gives your team a practical, repeatable standard for reviewing, approving and releasing physician compensation, with a record that explains itself.

What’s inside:

• The operating path: the right checkpoints in the right order, from review through approval, prepayment audit and release.
• Review and approval checklists: what to confirm before a decision moves forward, and when to escalate.
• Adjustment and dispute pathways: step-by-step handling so changes never skip review or re-approval.
• Prepayment audit checklist: the final control, which checks for an active arrangement, the right payee and period, duplicate payments and open exceptions.
• Readiness self-assessment: a 24-point scorecard that shows where your process needs work first.

Built for: Physician Enterprise, Provider Compensation, Finance, Compliance and Internal Audit.