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
Dear CMS: Fair Market Value Doesn’t Fit in a Box
Earlier this week, Modern Healthcare reported on comments made by Seema Verma at the Federation of American Hospitals' policy conference...
Mar 7, 2019
CMS Makes Assessing Provider Market Saturation Easier with a New Interactive Database
CMS' offers a helpful online tool that shows provider market saturation levels at the national-, state-, and county-levels for the following health services: Ambulance (Emergency, Non-Emergency, Emergency & Non-Emergency) Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs Chiropractic Services Clinical Laboratory (Billing Independently) Federally Qualified Health Centers Home Health Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (Part A and Part B) Hospice Long-Term Care Hospitals Ophthal
Oct 31, 2018
Hospital and Cardiology Group Settle Allegations of Improper Medical Director Payments
On March 7, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that a hospital and a physician group will pay $20.75 million to settle allegations of kickbacks and Stark Law violations. The case started with a qui tam lawsuit filed by Dr. Tullio Emanuele, a cardiologist once employed by the group.[1] In an amended complaint filed November 30, 2012, Dr. Emanuele alleged that his former employer, Medicor, a private practice of cardiologists and internal medicine physicians, entered into
Mar 15, 2018
