Healthcare Valuation Blog

On May 16, 2023, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed SB 164 into law. SB 164 removes the CON requirements for most health...

Every year, BFMV conducts a national direct-to-physician call coverage survey. This project offers valuable insights that inform our fair...

The United States recently joined a whistleblower complaint against Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System (“Erlanger”),...

In our work, physician shortages within a given specialty can impact the fair market value and commercial reasonableness of the...

Earlier this year, BFMV conducted our sixth annual direct-to-physician call coverage survey. An affordable source of physician call...

We have recently noticed a significant uptick in the number of private radiology groups seeking subsidies from their affiliated hospitals. Conventional wisdom says a shortage of radiologists is driving this phenomenon. To learn more about the shortage, we looked at online job listings for radiology. We found a massive number of open positions across the nation and across modalities. Radiologist Job Postings DocCafe advertises itself as the top job board for physicians. The si

Not only is BFMV’s sixth annual direct-to-physician call coverage survey an affordable source of physician call coverage compensation...

BFMV is pleased to present the 2024 edition of our newest resource for the healthcare industry. We researched publicly reported...

BFMV’s Cost of Physician Staffing Services, 2024 (“CPSS”) includes data sourced from government contracts with 99 physician staffing companies located across the country. These companies supply government healthcare providers, such as VA hospitals or clinics, with the medical personnel necessary to fill temporary physician vacancies. The companies included in the CPSS also provide these services to non-government clients. When a physician staffing firm becomes a government co

BuckheadFMV announces the release of the 2024 Cost of Physician Staffing Services Report. The report compiles pricing data included in 99...

In January 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion No....

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide in late April 2024. The rule is already facing multiple legal challenges. If it survives these challenges, it will significantly impact the healthcare industry. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), which supports the ban, between 37% and 45% of all physicians are affected by noncompetes. The AMA has taken the stand that noncompete clauses are problematic because t

A Management Service Organization (MSO) is a type of entity that provides administrative and operational support services to healthcare...

Paying physicians a stipend to attend meetings is a fairly common practice; however, it involves a significant amount of regulatory risk...

In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) joined a second whistleblower complaint against a former executive at Illinois-based Cardiac Imaging Inc. (“CII”), a mobile imaging company providing diagnostic cardiac positron emission tomography (“PET”) services. The allegations echo those addressed by the $85 million settlement reached in October 2023, which resolved alleged False Claims Act violations caused by excessive payments made to referring cardiologists by