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Signing Bonuses Should Sit Out of Total Annual Compensation in a Fair Market Value Stacking Analyses
Signing bonuses are long-standing recruitment incentives used by hospitals to attract physician employees. The term “signing bonus” can...
Feb 27, 2024
BuckheadFMV Releases New Benchmark Report on Pre-Owned Medical Equipment Prices
February 2024 BuckheadFMV has released an updated resource for healthcare and valuation professionals, the BFMV Benchmark Report for...
Feb 12, 2024
Data Collection is Open for the Annual BFMV Physician Call Coverage Burden and Compensation Survey
The 2024 BFMV Call Coverage survey is open for data collection . If you are a physician or practice administrator who would like to...
Jan 31, 2024
$47 Million Kickback Settlement Related to Improper Coding and Billing for Physician Services
A Delaware-based health system has agreed to pay more than $47 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging violations of the...
Jan 18, 2024
When is it Reasonable to Ask an FMV Appraiser to Reconsider Their Opinion of Value?
In December 2023, an Indianapolis-based health system agreed to pay $345 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act and Stark Law...
Jan 10, 2024
Recent MSO Litigation Reminds Us to Thoroughly Vet Investment Opportunities
Management Services Organizations, or MSOs, provide administrative services to medical practices. These services may include human...
Dec 27, 2023
Our Top Takeaways from Nelson Mullins’ 2023 Value-Based Care Conference
BFMV partners Darcy Devine and Briana Gordon attended Nelson Mullins’ annual conference on value-based care in Fort Lauderdale on...
Dec 12, 2023
FMV, Call Burden, and the Changing Landscape of Ophthalmology Call Arrangements
For some specialties and markets, rapid evolution in the healthcare industry is seeding significant overhauls in call coverage...
Dec 5, 2023
CMS’s 2024 Final Rule Reduces Conversion Factor by 3.37%
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently issued the Final Rule announcing the 2024 policy changes for Medicare,...
Nov 30, 2023
$45.6 Million Settlement Related to Improper Medical Director Payments at 6 SNFs
In November 2023, Prema Thekkek, her management company, Paksn Inc. (“Paksn”), and 6 SNFs that are owned by Thekkek or managed by Paksn...
Nov 28, 2023
Notable OIG Advisory Opinion: Favorable Toward Employed Physician Bonuses Based on ASC Collections
In October 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No....
Nov 22, 2023
Valuing Physician-Performed NP and PA Supervisory Services
Medical practices commonly hire nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to boost productivity, improve healthcare...
Nov 17, 2023
BFMV Perspective: The Physician Shortage, Patient Access, and FMV
Major access to care issues in the US, stemming from a physician shortage, have been a looming concern since the early 2000s. Deficits...
Nov 6, 2023
4 Settlements for Alleged Improper Payments for Lease Arrangements and Medical Director Services
Four home healthcare settlements related to improper payments to physicians have been announced by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”). ...
Oct 19, 2023
$3.8 Million Settlement Related to Improper SNF Medical Director Payments
Medical director arrangements at skilled nursing facilities (“SNF(s)”) have been under federal scrutiny for the past few years (2021 blog...
Sep 25, 2023
