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Jan 17
7 Uses for BuckheadFMV's 2025 Benchmark Report on Pre-Owned Medical Equipment Prices
January 2025 BuckheadFMV has released its updated resource for healthcare and valuation professionals, the BFMV Benchmark Report for...
Jun 14, 2024
Just Released: 2024 BFMV Physician Call Coverage Burden and Compensation Survey
BFMV is pleased to announce the release of our 2024 BFMV Physician Call Coverage Burden and Compensation Survey. Through our...
Apr 24, 2024
MSOs and FMV
A Management Service Organization (MSO) is a type of entity that provides administrative and operational support services to healthcare...
Feb 27, 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...
Jan 10, 2024
When is it Reasonable to Ask an FMV Appraiser to Reconsider Their Opinion of Value?
In December 2023, an Indianapolis-based health system agreed to pay $345 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act and Stark Law...
Nov 17, 2023
Valuing Physician-Performed NP and PA Supervisory Services
Medical practices commonly hire nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to boost productivity, improve healthcare...
Nov 6, 2023
BFMV Perspective: The Physician Shortage, Patient Access, and FMV
Major access to care issues in the US, stemming from a physician shortage, have been a looming concern since the early 2000s. Deficits...
Sep 25, 2023
$3.8 Million Settlement Related to Improper SNF Medical Director Payments
Medical director arrangements at skilled nursing facilities (“SNF(s)”) have been under federal scrutiny for the past few years (2021 blog...
Sep 20, 2023
Over $20 Million in Combined Qui Tam Settlements from Home Health Buyer and Seller
In August 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Watermark Retirement Communities, LLC (“Watermark”), based in Tucson,...
Aug 31, 2023
Hospital Self-Disclosure Led to Settlement with DOJ
In April 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Sibley Memorial Hospital (“SMH”) and its parent company, Johns Hopkins...
Jun 30, 2021
Improper Medical Director Payments Alleged at SNF Chain
On June 15, 2021, the United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against a California skilled nursing facility chain and...
May 26, 2021
FMV is Required for Nurse Practitioner and Other NPP Recruitment Subsidies
A less well-known, but noteworthy, exception to the Stark Law permits hospitals to grant financial subsidies to private practice...
Mar 24, 2021
Physician's Lawsuit Focuses on Post Acquisition Compensation
Among the slew of operational decisions involved in medical practice transactions, human resource matters call for careful consideration....
Mar 7, 2019
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 15, 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...
