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Articles and Past Events

ArticlesPast Events

  • Jason L. Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, Manager, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. – 2009 Physician Hospital Survey, Becker’s Hospital Review (Web edition), November 23, 2009.
  • Your Operating Agreement and the Future Value of Your Surgery Center by Curtis Bernstein, CPA/ABV, CVA, MBA, ASC Review Online, October, 2008.

  • Beware of Stark Law ‘self-dealing,’ by Barbara Landy, NHA, MBA, MHS, FACHE, & Scott Safriet, MBA, AVA, and Paul Risner, Esq. Long-Term Living, August, 2008.
  • Buying & Selling ASCs, Todd J. Mello, contributing expert.  Today’s Surgicenter, May 2007.
  • Helping Healthcare Organizations Navigate the Regulatory Challenge of “Fair Market Value” by Daryl P. Johnson.  South Florida Hospital News, November 2006.
  • Is Your Leasing Arrangement Paying Off? by Curtis Bernstein.  Healthcare Financial Management Association, August 2006.     
  • The Fair Market Value of Physician On-Call Compensation by Daryl P. Johnson and Jody Lehman, Esq. – The RAP Sheet (a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association.  June 2006, Volume 9 Issue 3.
  • Stipends for Stroke Call Create New Pressures, Demands on Neurologists, Fred M. Lara, contributing expert.  Neurology Today, April 4, 2006.
  • Ambulatory Surgery Center Transactions a Hot Commodity, Todd J. Mello, contributing expert. Florida Medical Business, September 20 – October 3, 2005.
  • Establishing FMV Rates for Specialized Healthcare Equipment By Curtis Bernstein. Ambulatory Surgery Compliance & Reimbursement Insider, June 2005.
  • Specialist Shortage Shakes Emergency Rooms; More Hospitals Forced to Pay for Specialist Care, Daryl P. Johnson, contributing expert.  The Physician Executive, May/June 2005.
  • Buying and Selling Physician Practices by Daryl P. Johnson.  Miami Medicine (the official publication of the Dade County Medical Association, April 2004.
  • Surgery Group’s Deal Under Fire – Critics Assail $1.7 Million Pact with Hospital’s District, Daryl P. Johnson, contributing expert.  South Florida Sun Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 18, 2004.
  • Let’s Make A Deal – How Mediation Can Save Your Partnership, Daryl P. Johnson, contributing expert. Physicians Practice (sponsored by Shands Healthcare), March 2004.
  • Valuing Physician On-Call Compensation by Daryl P. Johnson.  Compensation & Benefits Review, March/April, 2004.
  • Hospitals Hang on to Money-Losing Medical Practices, Daryl P. Johnson, contributing expert.  AMA’s American Medical News, March 8, 2004.
  • Outpatient Imaging in Today’s Marketplace, Todd J. Mello, contributing expert.  Today’s Surgicenter, March 2004.
  • 2nd Annual ASC Valuation Survey – How do the ASC Companies Assess Value? Prepared by HealthCare Appraisers in connection with McDermott, Will & Emery’s 2004 ASC Symposium.
  • Buying/Selling a Practice by Daryl P. Johnson.  Florida Medical Business, January 27, 2004.
  • Five Ways to Avoid Legal and Business Pitfalls When Adding Physician Investors to Your ASC, Todd J. Mello, contributing expert.  Ambulatory Surgery Compliance and Reimbursement Insider, September 2002.
  • Fair Value Appraisals: Crucial Protection for Health Care Arrangements by Daryl P. Johnson.  Florida Medical Business, February 8, 2000.

Past Events / Presentations

  • Webinar moderated by Scott Safriet, AVA, MBA, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., with James B. Platt, Fredrikson & Byron, PA, Donald H. Romano, Arent Fox, LLP, & Michael Blau, Foley & Lardner, LLP – Co-Management Arrangements: Legal, Structural, and FMV Implications. Co-sponsored by HealthCare Appraisers and American Health Lawyers Assn, May 11, 2010.
  • Presentation by Timothy R. Smith, CPA/ABV, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. & Robert Wade, Baker & Daniels – Avoiding Fair Market Value Pitfalls, HCCA Compliance Institute 2010, Dallas, TX, April 19, 2010.
  • Webinar moderated by Albert D. Hutzler, JD, MBA, AVA – Best Practices in Structuring Call Coverage After the Recent OIG Advisory Opinion 09-05. American Health Lawyers Assn, March 31, 2010.
  • Presentation by Albert D. Hutzler, JD, MBA, AVA, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., Robert Homchick, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP & Albert Shay, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP – Law & Economics in the World of Hospital/Physician Integration. AHLA Hospitals & Health Systems Law Institute, Miami, FL. February 24 & 26, 2010.
  • Webinar presentation co-presented by Daryl Johnson, MAcc, AVA, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., Reginald Hill, Waller Lansden, Patricia Powers, Partner, Waller Lansden, Carol Hendry, LifePoint Hospitals – Pricing Practice Acquisitions. The Advisory Board Company, February 4, 2010.
  • Webinar presentation by Chip Hutzler, JD, MBA, AVA, Principal, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. - Determining Fair Market Value in the Current Market Climate, HFMA/New Hampshire-Vermont Chapter, February 4, 2010.
  • Webinar, presented by Scott M. Safriet, MBA, AVA, Principal, HealthCare Appraisers, Michael L. Blau, Partner, Foley & Lardner, and Donald H. Romano, Partner, Arent Fox - Co-Management Arrangements in Healthcare on the Rise. Strafford Webinars, Tuesday, December 1, 2009.
  • Presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein-Manager, HealthCare Appraisers, ASA, CPA/ABV,CVA, MBA - Employment and Call Coverage Valuations: Use of Benchmarks and Pitfalls to Avoid. Colorado Bar Association CLE, Denver, CO, November 18, 2009.

  • Panel Discussion by Jim D. Carr, MBA, Principal, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. – The Healthcare Industry – Values and Trends Affecting the Middle Market. M&A Source Conference for Professional Development, Reno, NV, November, 2009.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson, MAcc, AVA, Principal, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., and Lawrence W. Vernaglia, J.D., Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP - The Fair Market Value Conundrum. Cancer Center Business Summit, Dallas, TX, October 8-9, 2009

  • Panel Discussion moderated by Todd J. Mello, ASA, AVA, MBA, Principal, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. - Key Issues in Buying and Selling ASCs. 16th Annual ASCs Conference, Chicago, IL, October 8-10, 2009.

  • Webinar moderated by Scott Safriet, AVA, MBA – Co-Management Arrangements: Legal, Structural, and FMV Implications. Co-sponsored by HealthCare Appraisers and American Health Lawyers Assn, September 30, 2009.

  • Compliance Webinar presented by Scott Safriet, AVA, MBA, and Ann S. Brandt, PhD – Determining the FMV of Thought Leader Compensation in the Life Sciences Industry. Hosted by Pilgrim Software Compliance Webinars. September 29, 2009

  • Teleconference moderated by Albert D. Hutzler, JD, MBA, AVA – Best Practices in Structuring Call Coverage After the Recent OIG Advisory Opinion 09-05. American Health Lawyers Assn, September 24, 2009

  • Presentation by Timothy R. Smith, CPA/ABV – Physician Compensation: You Get What You Pay For. AICPA National Healthcare Industry Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, September 24-25, 2009.

  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello, ASA, AVA, MBA, and Jason L. Ruchaber, CFA, ASA - Results of the First Annual PHA Hospital Valuation Survey. Physician Hospitals of America 9th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, September 24-25, 2009.

  • Teleconference featuring Timothy Smith, CPA/ABV-Manager, HealthCare Appraisers – BVR's Teleconference Series on Healthcare Valuation (#2 of 3). Business Valuation Resources, June 23, 2009, 1:00pm-2:40pm ET / 10:00am-11:40am PT
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson, MAcc, AVA, Principal-HealthCare Appraisers – Establishing and Documenting Fair Market Value Compensation. Center for Business Intelligence Bio-Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Forum on Creating Compliant Compensation Arrangements with Physicians and Hospitals, Vienna, VA, October 15, 2008.
  • Panel Discussion, Ann S. Brandt, PhD, Moderator – Balancing the Industry’s Needs with Compliant Compensation Arrangements. Center for Business Intelligence Bio-Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Forum on Creating Compliant Compensation Arrangements with Physicians and Hospitals, Vienna, VA, October 15, 2008.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson, MAcc, AVA, Principal-HealthCare Appraisers and Robert A. Wade, Esq., Baker & Daniels, LLP – Fair Market Value: Identifying Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them. American Healthcare Lawyers Association and Health Care Compliance Association Fraud and Compliance Forum, Baltimore, MD, October 5-7, 2008.
  • Presentation by Jason L. Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, and Jim Carr, MBA-Managers, HealthCare Appraisers - Valuing Interests in Physician Owned Hospitals: Valuation Basics and the Impact of Current Events at Physician Hospitals of America 8th Annual Conference and Exhibits, Palm Springs, CA, October 4, 2008.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello, ASA, AVA, MBA, Prinicpal-HealthCare Appraisers - .Mergers, Acquisitions and Valuationsat Today’s Surgicenter Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 18-20, 2008.

  • Presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein CPA/ABV, CVA, MBA – Innovative Physician Ventures: A FMV Perspective. AHRA 36th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, July 27-31, 2008.
  • Presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein CPA/ABV, CVA, MBA - Buying and selling an ASC at the 10th Annual American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Conference, Washington DC, June 21, 2008.
  • Presentation by Scott M. Safriet, MBA, AVA – Successfully Securing ED Call Coverage Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Health Care Industry Conference, Orlando, FL, April 24-25, 2008.
  • Webinar presentation by Daryl P. Johnson, MAcc, AVA (as a panelist) – Working with Consultants, Part I: Valuation Consultants.  American Health Lawyers Association, April 23, 2008.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson and Ann Brandt, PhD – Determining Fair Market Value.  Center for Business Intelligence, Pharmaceutical Marketing Compliance Congress, January 29, 2008, Washington, D.C.
  • Presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein - 2 Key Valuation Issues: (i) the Value of Shares for Physician Buy-In; and (ii) Valuing Compensation Relationships in Under Arrangement Models.  14th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, October 20, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.  Presented in conjunction with Stephan Peron of VMG Health.
  • Presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein – Two Key Valuation Issues. Becker’s 14th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, Chicago, IL, October 18-29, 2007.
  • Presentations by Daryl P. Johnson – 10 Leading Topics Related to the FMV Healthcare Arrangements.  2007 American Health Lawyers Association/Healthcare Compliance Association Fraud & Compliance Forum.  Key note speaker for the Fraud & Abuse Practice Group luncheon (the presentation was repeated for the HCCA luncheon).  September 2007, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello - Valuation Issues for ASCs.  The 5th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference for Orthopedics, Spine, Neurosurgery, and Pain Management, June 14-26, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello – Trends in Developing Fair Market Value.  Seminars for Indiana Medico/Legal Bar Association (“SIMBA”) 27th Annual Conference (sponsored by Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.).  February 12, 2007, Avon, Colorado.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello – How do ASC Companies Assess Value? 4th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, and Pain Management Conference.  June 22-24, 2006, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson and Jody Lehman, Esq. – What is Fair Market Value? And Why Should We Care?  Memorial Healthcare System.  May 22, 2006, Hollywood, Florida.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson – Establishing Fair Market Value under the Anti-kickback and Stark Laws. American Bar Association, May 19, 2006, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson – ED Call and Per Diem Rate: Best Practices Session. The Healthcare Roundtable for Chief Executive Officers, March 3, 2006, Austin, Texas.
  • Teleconference presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein - Fair Market Value Issues for ASCs: Current Trends and Compliance Tips.  HcPro, Inc.  June 27, 2006 presented in conjunction with Jerry Sokol and Josh Kaye of McDermott, Will & Emory and Elliot Jeter of Value Management Group.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson – Current Trends/Methodologies for Valuing Minority and Majority Equity Interests in ASCs.  McDermott Will & Emery’s 2006 ASC Symposium, February 3, 2006, Aventura, Florida.
  • Presentation –  ASC Communications, Inc. & Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association 12th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference and Exhibits, October 20-22, 2005, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello – How to Create a Sustainable and Healthy ASC Partnership Through Effective Valuation and Partner Transaction Management.  3rd Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, and Pain Management Conference, June 9-11, 2005, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson – Valuing Clinical vs. Administrative Time in Physician Compensation Arrangements.  HCA Valuators Symposium.  May 24, 2005, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Presentation – 2005 Hospital Industry Developments Program.  McDermott Will & Emery conference May 6, 2005, Washington, D.C.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson - Valid Minority Interest Discounts.  McDermott Will & Emery’s 2005 ASC Symposium, January 28, 2005, Aventura, Florida.  
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello – Valuation Issues for ASC’s.  ASC Communications, Inc. 11th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference and Exhibits, October 21-23, 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Presentation by Curtis H. Bernstein – What’s the Value of Your Hospice. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 19th Management and Leadership Conference, October 2, 2004, Washington, DC.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello – Valuation Issues for ASCs and Orthopedic Centers; Majority Interests vs. Minority Interests & Other ASC Issues. ASC Communications, Inc. 2nd Annual Orthopedic-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, June 12, 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Video-taped Presentation – Valuing ASCs by Todd J. Mello.  For use by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (“NACVA”) as a resource for its members.
  • Presentation by Todd J. Mello – Healthcare Facility Appraisals and Valuation Guidance.  10th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference – Business and Legal issues, October 18, 2003.  Chicago, Illinois.
  • Television appearance – Why Healthcare Valuation is Important by Todd J. Mello.  South Florida Business Report, David Weir, moderator.  WPEC (CBS affiliate), October 15, 2003.
  • Presentation by Daryl P. Johnson and Todd J. Mello – The Emergence of the ASC.  McDermott, Will & Emery’s ASC Conference, January 31, 2003, Miami, Florida.
 

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