Healthcare Valuation Blog

Physician employers often rely on published surveys to estimate the number of work relative value units (“wRVUs”) they can expect from their doctors. While survey data is helpful, it can be expensive and difficult to obtain. Instead of relying on survey data, employers can use a bottom-up approach to determine the level of wRVUs they should expect from their providers. For some specialties, projecting physician wRVUs from the bottom up can be a relatively simple exercise. For

BFMV is pleased to present the 2025 edition of our newest resource for the healthcare industry. We researched publicly reported information regarding amounts paid to physician directors and executives in a broad range of clinical specialties, types of organizations, and geographical regions using Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 990 data for nonprofit organizations across the country. Form 990s include compensation data for officers, directors, trustees, and key employ

New revenue opportunities have opened up for radiology groups with CMS’ extension of flexibilities for the virtual supervision of radiology studies performed with contrast media. The extension allows facilities to provide Level 2 diagnostic tests, including CT and MRI scans, with a remotely located supervising provider through (at least) December 31, 2025. Before the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, CT and MRI with contrast procedures had to be supervised by onsite physicians who w

Every year, BFMV conducts a national direct-to-physician call coverage survey. This project offers valuable insights that inform our fair...

Earlier this year, BFMV conducted our sixth annual direct-to-physician call coverage survey. An affordable source of physician call...

Not only is BFMV’s sixth annual direct-to-physician call coverage survey an affordable source of physician call coverage compensation...

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...

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...

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

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently issued the Final Rule announcing the 2024 policy changes for Medicare,...

In October 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 23-07 ("AO") to a multi-specialty physician practice (the "Requestor") with 11 physician employees (the "Physicians"). The Requestor had inquired about the payment of bonuses to its employed physicians based on net profits from procedures performed by the Physicians ("Proposed Arrangement"). The Proposed Arrangement would implement a quarterly