Ciara A. Kerney
Senior Associate
Ciara Kerney is a Senior Associate in the Denver office.
Kerney assists in a wide variety of projects on the capital assets team. Prior to joining the capital assets team, Kerney worked on projects on both the business valuation and compensation valuation teams. Kerney also previously worked for a large nonprofit healthcare system as a Senior Analyst on the system Strategy and Planning team where she focused on long-term strategic planning initiatives at both the system and regional levels. In addition, she led quantitative and qualitative analyses to generate business insights and evaluate opportunities related to new programs and clinical service offerings, developed competitive assessments of healthcare related providers and activities in the Colorado market, and collaborated with colleagues from strategy, finance, and other program teams to identify data driven opportunities to add value to new and existing projects.
Kerney graduated from Rhodes College where she was a Commerce and Business Major (dual concentration in Finance; Marketing) and minored in Psychology and Religious Studies.
PRACTICE AREA
- Capital Assets Valuation
- Business Valuation
- Compensation Valuation
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- Navigating Ambulance Transport Arrangements and Transactions, co-authored with Hunter A. Wolfel and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA, November 9, 2023
- 2023 Outlook for Medical Diagnostic Imaging Equipment: Appraisal Considerations When Determining Fair Market Value of Gamma Cameras, co-authored with Kirsten Hodges, ASA, and Jeff Doyle, ASA, August 23, 2023
- 2023 Outlook for Medical Diagnostic Imaging Equipment: Appraisal Considerations When Determining Fair Market Value of an MRI Machine, co-authored with Kirsten Hodges, ASA and Jeffrey Doyle, ASA, July 25, 2023
- Reimbursement Analyses: Analyzing the Impact of Provider Collaboration (co-authors with David Y. Lo, CFA, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA), FMVantage Point, September 17, 2020
- Identifying Successful Turnaround Strategies for Struggling Rural Hospitals, poster presentation with Jordan A. Zoeller, MAcc, CFA, Luis A. Argueso, and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA. National Rural Health Association 43rd Annual Rural Health Conference, June 17-19, 2020
- Ambulance Arrangements: Swapping FMV for Fortune (co-authors with Hunter A. Wolfel and Luis A. Argueso), FMVantage Point, April 27, 2020
- Distressed Hospitals – Transactions and Trends (co-authors Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA and Matthew J. Muller, ASA), FMVantage Point, March 30, 2020
EDUCATION
- Rhodes College | Memphis, Tennessee
- University of Antwerp | Antwerp, Belgium
- Belgium Maymester – Advanced International Business Cases
APPRAISAL EDUCATION
- American Society of Appraisers’ 30-hour course, BV201: Introduction to Business Valuation – Market Approach
- American Society of Appraisers’ 15-hour course, SE100: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (“USPAP”)
- American Society of Appraisers’ Ethics Exam
- American Society of Appraisers’ course, ME201: Introduction to Machinery & Equipment Valuation
- American Society of Appraisers’ course, ME202: Machinery & Equipment Valuation Methodology
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Cardinal Health | Senior Financial Analyst
- UCHealth | Senior Analyst, Strategy & Planning
Recent Insights
HealthCare Appraisers Joins Stout, Enhancing Healthcare Valuation Capabilities
BOCA RATON, FL (May 29, 2024) - HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., a premier provider of healthcare valuation and consulting services, is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by Stout, a leading global advisory firm. HealthCare Appraisers has been a market leader...
2024 Outlook: Home Health, Hospice and Personal Care
Authors: Daniel I. Levin, CFA, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFThe home care sector, which includes Medicare-certified home health, hospice, personal care, and other specialty providers, represents an attractive investment opportunity for financial and...
Hospital-based physician staffing industry outlook: The forces of COVID-19, NSA and inflation
Authors: Nicholas Janiga ASA, Daniel I. Levin CFA, ASA and Andrew L. WorthingtonOriginally published in the MGMA April 2024 edition of MGMA Connection. Download the PDF
The Impact of California’s Healthcare Minimum Wage Law on Valuations
Author: Jake Bitting, Fred Lara, CFA, ASA, CVA, and Hunter A. Wolfel Download the PDFOn October 13, 2023 the Governor of California signed the California Senate Bill No. 525 (“SB525”) into law, which is expected to raise the minimum wage for many California healthcare...
2024 Outlook: Diagnostic Imaging Centers and Radiology Practices
Author: Daniel I. Levin, CFA, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFHealthCare Appraisers has recently observed interest from a wide range of clients on various radiology transactions, including joint venture formation, hospital outpatient department...
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