FMV BLOG

U.S. healthcare organizations have experienced many shocks over the last year and a half, beginning with the onset of COVID in early 2020 followed by major changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2021. The resulting market dynamics present some complex issues for managers of physician compensation plans. This series will explore some of the key topics. Medicare’s 2021 Revaluation of Office Visit E&M Services is Suddenly –— and Considerably — Increasing the W

A $37.5 million civil settlement for a joint resolution with the US Department of Justice, the California Department of Justice, Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services (“Prime”)[1], and two California physicians over allegations of kickbacks for patient referrals, billing for a suspended physician’s services, and false claims for medical device reimbursements was made public this week. The settlement resolves alleged violations of the Federal and California False

BFMV is pleased to announce the release of our Physician Call Coverage Burden and Compensation Survey 2021. Through our direct-to-physician approach, we received responses from almost 1,600 physicians across a wide range of specialties, geographies, demographic settings, and employers. The survey includes unique on-call burden and compensation information, much of which is unavailable from other survey resources, including the following: Compensation (hourly and per 24-hour s

July 2021 BuckheadFMV has released a new resource for healthcare and valuation professionals, the BFMV Benchmark Report for Pre-Owned Medical Equipment Prices. Based on data collected by BFMV staff for the 30 months preceding publication, the report provides price benchmarks for almost 700 different models of pre-owned medical equipment. Benchmarks are sorted by category, manufacturer/brand, and model, making the report easy to use and saving countless research hours for appr