- Mar 28
Considerations for Paying Physicians to Attend Meetings
Paying physicians a stipend to attend meetings is a fairly common practice; however, it involves a significant amount of regulatory risk...
- Mar 21
Is There Really an Industry Standard for Calculating On-Call Compensation?
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) joined a second whistleblower complaint against a former executive at...
- Feb 27
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...
- Jan 31
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 submit...
- Jan 18
$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...
- Nov 30, 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,...