Healthcare Valuation Blog

Healthcare noncompete laws have been in the news recently as a widespread revision process appears to be underway. In 2022, 30 bills have...

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

The unprecedented growth of the aging population, combined with accelerating physician retirements, is causing a dramatic shortage of...

Healthcare services organizations rely on a variety of intangible assets to create business value, including patient and customer relationships, medical records, trade names, assembled workforce, licenses and certifications, non-compete clauses, proprietary technology, software, and others. Market data related to the value of these types of assets are scarce since they’re rarely sold separately, and when they are, the financial terms are seldom disclosed publicly. One importa

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...

BuckheadFMV is pleased to present a new complimentary resource for home health and hospice industry leaders. Featured in the August 2022...

A typical medical practice is full of assets – from the coffee maker to the sphygmomanometers. When selling a medical practice, the goal is to get the best price for its assets and recoup as much of the initial investment as possible. Depending on the buyer and type of transaction, asset sales may require a fair market value appraisal and a site visit from the appraiser. A site visit gives an appraiser the opportunity to gather the information necessary to arrive at an appro

Healthcare leaders understand the importance of compliant transactions with physicians and seek to avoid any violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). But it can get tricky when the compensation is not monetary, so the Office of Inspector General (OIG) weighed in on a recent request for clarification. According to an advisory opinion (AO No. 22-14) dated June 29, 2022, an ophthalmology practice (Requestor) specializing in cataract and refractive surgery sought guidance on

Telehealth exploded after the federal government relaxed regulations and encouraged healthcare providers to offer e-visits or virtual...

On April 4, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed another complaint in a lengthening chain of litigation and settlements involving...

The temporary relief from Medicare sequestration that was provided by Congress early in the COVID-19 pandemic is finally coming to an...