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As part of the 2023 BFMV Physician Leaders Compensation Report, BFMV analyzed Form 990[1] data filed by non-profit hospitals and health systems nationwide to find trends in compensation paid to Chief Medical Officers (CMOs). CMOs are physicians in senior leadership roles who provide strategic leadership and direction of daily operations in hospitals, health systems, or medical centers. Their duties commonly include serving as liaisons between the administration and medical st

Earlier this year, BFMV released the 2023 Physician Leaders Compensation Report, which reflects compensation for 3,462 physician leaders...

A nearly $30 million joint settlement was announced on May 31, 2023, by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Detroit Medical Center (DMC),...

Retention bonuses have become commonplace inside and outside of the healthcare industry. These incentives are typically offered to...

BFMV is pleased to present our newest resource for the healthcare industry. We researched publicly reported information regarding...

A $69 million settlement related to improper financial relationships between physicians and a large health system was announced on March...

According to industry buzz, scrutiny over home health and hospice arrangements has recently heightened. BuckheadFMV is pleased to offer...

In December 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No....

In December 2022, a Sarasota, Florida, pain management physician was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $278,900 in kickbacks and bribes. According to evidence presented at trial, in less than three years, the physician’s prescriptions for Subsys, a fentanyl sublingual spray used to relieve breakthrough pain in cancer patients, had amounted to over $4.5 million in Medicare Part D payments to Insys Therapeutics, Inc., the drug’s ma

In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the finalized Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2023. With the release, CMS executes the second phase of its broader initiative to overhaul its coding and payment policies for evaluation and management (E&M) services. Two years ago, the agency significantly modified the current procedural terminology (CPT) for office visit E&Ms, which included changing the coding guidelines to allow providers to

On July 7, 2022, The Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced that Weirton Medical Center (WMC), a 167-bed hospital located in Weirton,...

First surfacing in nineteenth-century France, modern medicine's concept of a “specialist” physician is now well-established. Today, the...

Stop by to say hello to BFMV October 9-11 at the 2022 SEPRA Educational Conference in beautiful Amelia Island, Florida. The Southeast...

BFMV is pleased to offer medical specialty-specific bundles from our 2022 Call Coverage Burden & Compensation Survey Report at the...

Earlier this year, the United States intervened in the investigation of a 2020 qui tam complaint filed against Washington-based...