
Physician Staffing Companies On-Site Hourly Rates on a Steady 5% Yearly Rise
BFMV’s Cost of Physician Staffing Services, 2024 (“CPSS”) includes data sourced from government contracts with 99 physician staffing...
May 29, 2024

Product Release: 2024 BFMV Cost of Physician Staffing Services Report
BuckheadFMV announces the release of the 2024 Cost of Physician Staffing Services Report. The report compiles pricing data included in 99...
May 21, 2024


OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion for Consultants' Use of Gift Cards to Incentivize Customer Recommendations
In January 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion No....
May 7, 2024


The FTC Noncompete Ban Impact to Healthcare Employment
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide in late April 2024. The rule is already...
May 3, 2024


MSOs and FMV
A Management Service Organization (MSO) is a type of entity that provides administrative and operational support services to healthcare...
Apr 24, 2024

BFMV Welcomes New Team Member, Ed Usalis, AM, CVA
BuckheadFMV (“BFMV”) is pleased to announce that Ed Usalis, AM, CVA has joined BFMVs business valuation practice. This practice provides...
Apr 10, 2024


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 28, 2024


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...
Mar 21, 2024


Valuation of MSO Management Fees for FMV Compliance
We are pleased to announce that BuckheadFMV has published a new free resource, the 2024 FMV Primer on MSO Management Fees . The purpose...
Mar 20, 2024

BFMV Report Shows Market Values for Used Medical Equipment Can Be Fairly Stable
The value of existing medical equipment is an important consideration in many hospital and physician practice transactions. BFMV has been...
Mar 1, 2024

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

BuckheadFMV Releases New Benchmark Report on Pre-Owned Medical Equipment Prices
February 2024 BuckheadFMV has released an updated resource for healthcare and valuation professionals, the BFMV Benchmark Report for...
Feb 12, 2024


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...
Jan 31, 2024


$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...
Jan 18, 2024