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CON Laws, Scope of Practice Restrictions, and Provider Non-Compete Clauses Targeted in New Trump Adm
On Monday, December 3, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – in collaboration with the Departments of the Treasury...
Dec 4, 2018
Valuation Trends: Healthcare Services Valuation Multiples
One of the questions we get asked a lot is how valuations have changed over time. While we usually answer this question with only...
Nov 26, 2018
Which Healthcare Services Segments Have the Highest Margins?
One of the many benefits of tracking healthcare transactions closely and maintaining a very large database of deals where we can get...
Nov 19, 2018
Valuing ACOs: Weighing the Probability of Shared Savings
The most important component of a valuation of an accountable care organization (or other multi-provider network that relies on...
Nov 16, 2018
CMS Makes Assessing Provider Market Saturation Easier with a New Interactive Database
CMS' offers a helpful online too l that shows provider market saturation levels at the national-, state-, and county-levels for the...
Oct 31, 2018
$11.5m Sightline Health Settlement: What Can We Learn?
Earlier this year, radiation therapy provider SightLine Health reached a $11.5m settlement with the DOJ in a lawsuit alleging it...
Sep 17, 2018
Healthcare Industry Cost of Capital: Does it Vary by Segment?
One of the things we track closely is fairness opinions that get filed with the SEC when a public company gets taken private. It's always...
Sep 10, 2018
ACO Results for Performance Year 2017: Top 4 Insights
CMS released performance year 2017 results in August for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). It was definitely a big year for...
Sep 3, 2018
Size-Adjusting Healthcare Services Market Multiples
As we wrote last week, larger healthcare services companies generally fetch higher valuation multiples – i.e. the purchase price...
Aug 27, 2018
What are Healthcare Services “Platform” Companies and Why are They Worth More?
One of the things we often discuss with our clients is the impact of the size of a healthcare services organization on its valuation....
Aug 20, 2018
Commercial Reasonableness and Physician Employment Arrangements: Two Points of View
A common assignment for a health care valuation consultant is to review a proposed employment agreement between a hospital (employer) and...
Jul 28, 2018
Study Shows Increased Rates for Physician Staffing Services
According to our review of current GSA price lists, the average cost of a locum tenens physician is approximately $1,700 per day compared...
Jun 3, 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 ...
Mar 15, 2018
What to Do When You Need to Double Check wRVUs
Work RVUs (wRVUs) are commonly used to measure physician productivity. Under many physician compensation plans, physicians are paid a...
Mar 12, 2018
Physician-Hospital Marketing Agreements: Don’t Let Billboards and Brochures Land You in Hot Water
In two recent cases, hospitals that provided marketing services to physicians for less than fair market value faced allegations they had...
Jan 22, 2018
