

Failure to Prevent Performance of Medically Unnecessary Services Leads to $22.7 Million Settlement
Earlier this year, the United States intervened in the investigation of a 2020 qui tam complaint filed against Washington-based...
Sep 9, 2022


Free BFMV Resource for the Hospice and Home Health Industry
BuckheadFMV is pleased to present a new complimentary resource for home health and hospice industry leaders. Featured in the August 2022...
Sep 7, 2022


Continuing Education Events May Be Seen as Inducements For Patient Referrals
Healthcare leaders understand the importance of compliant transactions with physicians and seek to avoid any violation of the...
Aug 2, 2022


Just Released: 2022 BFMV Physician Call Coverage Burden and Compensation Survey
BFMV is pleased to announce the release of our Physician Call Coverage Burden and Compensation Survey 2022. Through our...
Jul 19, 2022


How Some Physicians Make Above the 90th Percentile (And Why the “How” Matters)
In our work with health systems, we are sometimes asked to weigh in with an FMV compensation range that can be used as a retention...
May 31, 2022


Data Collection is Open for Annual BFMV Physician Call Coverage Survey
The 2022 BFMV Call Coverage survey is open for data collection through June 17. If you are a physician or administrator who would like to...
May 17, 2022


The Healthcare Employment Squeeze
The upheaval in today’s global job market is record-breaking. Whether this phenomenon will be known as the Great Resignation or the Great...
Apr 12, 2022


Urology Group to Settle Allegations of Improper Medical Director Payments
On February 15, 2022, the Department of Justice announced that Brockton Urology Clinic, LLC (“Brockton Urology”) will pay $100,000 to...
Apr 4, 2022


Hourly Rates for Emergency Medicine Physicians: The Denominator Issue
Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians normally practice medicine within hospital shift schedules and are often paid an hourly rate for...
Mar 24, 2022


Medical Center Settlement Included Allegation of Kickbacks for Cardiology Practice Call Coverage
On February 9, 2022, the Department of Justice announced that Catholic Medical Center (CMC) will pay $3.8 million to settle allegations...
Feb 24, 2022


Define "Compensation" Before Discussing It
Before discussing compensation with a future employer or with a candidate whom you want to employ, it can be helpful to clarify the...
Feb 16, 2022


4 Insights from BFMV's Physician Call Coverage Burden & Compensation Survey 2021
This spring, BuckheadFMV will resume data collection for our annual physician call coverage burden and compensation survey (expected...
Feb 8, 2022


BFMV 2021: Year in Review
2021 was a growth year for BuckheadFMV. We ended the year with five credentialed appraisers, clients across the country and industry...
Jan 24, 2022


Paying Physicians for Attending Meetings
Paying physicians for meeting attendance is fairly common; however, it involves a significant amount of regulatory risk. BFMV provides...
Dec 22, 2021


Compensation Consulting for Physicians
BFMV offers a just-in-time consulting service for physicians facing compensation negotiations, including first-timers' entry to the...
Oct 20, 2021