Healthcare Valuation Blog

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

Signing bonuses are long-standing recruitment incentives used by hospitals to attract physician employees. The term “signing bonus” can...

February 2024 BuckheadFMV has released an updated resource for healthcare and valuation professionals, the BFMV Benchmark Report for Pre-Owned Medical Equipment Prices. Based on data collected by BFMV staff, the report provides price benchmarks for nearly 1,500 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 appraisers, accountants, attorney

A Delaware-based health system has agreed to pay more than $47 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging violations of the...

In December 2023, an Indianapolis-based health system agreed to pay $345 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act and Stark Law...

Management Services Organizations, or MSOs, provide administrative services to medical practices. These services may include human...

BFMV partners Darcy Devine and Briana Gordon attended Nelson Mullins’ annual conference on value-based care in Fort Lauderdale on...

For some specialties and markets, rapid evolution in the healthcare industry is seeding significant overhauls in call coverage...