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2024 Industry Outlook: ENT, Allergy, and Asthma Practices
Author: Matthew J. Muller, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFOtolaryngology (“ENT”), allergy, and asthma (“ENTA&A”) related medical practices have been enjoying a robust period of investor interest as private-equity backed physician-practice...
2024 Industry Outlook: ENT, Allergy, and Asthma Practices
Author: Matthew J. Muller, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFOtolaryngology (“ENT”), allergy, and asthma (“ENTA&A”) related medical practices have been enjoying a robust period of investor interest as private-equity backed physician-practice...
Valuation of Linear Accelerators
Authors: Kirsten Hodges, ASA and Jeff Doyle, ASA Download the PDFA Linear Accelerator (“Linac”) is a technically advanced medical device/system that is utilized in radiation oncology. A Linac customizes high energy x-rays/electrons to conform to a tumor’s shape to...
Valuation of Proton Therapy Systems
Authors: Kirsten Hodges, ASA and Jeff Doyle, ASA Download the PDFProton Therapy, also known as proton beam therapy, is a radiation oncology treatment that uses subatomic particles (protons) to destroy malignant cancer cells. Proton Therapy is a highly accurate form of...
Recent Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Actions Highlight the Importance of the Valuator’s Role
Authors: Erica Jacobovits, JD and Kevin Obletz, JD, CVA Download the PDF MODERNIZING MEDICINE On November 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a complaint[1], intervening in a 2017 whistleblower lawsuit, against a South Florida electronic health...
Personal Goodwill: A Common Multi-Million Dollar Component in Physician Practice Transactions
Authors: Daniel I. Levin, CFA, ASA, Matthew J. Muller, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDF HOSPITAL-BASED CARE Physician practice acquisition activity has been robust for many years, resulting in a change in the composition of physician employment and...
Commercial Reasonableness and Value-Based Arrangements: Know your WHY and HOW
Author: Matthew J. Milliron, CVA, MBA Download the PDFORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDER COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS Although commercial reasonableness has been a key concept in healthcare regulation since 1998, it was not until 2021 that it...
Shift-Based Providers and Cost Efficiency: Rethinking the Premise
Authors: Andrew Worthington and James R. Hills, CPA/ABV Download the PDFORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDER COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS HOSPITAL-BASED CARE Due to requirements set forth by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor ACT...
2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule – Update to Teaching Physicians
Authors: Erica Jacobovitz, JD and Kevin Obletz, JD, CVA Download the PDFThe Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) has long provided a uniform, consistent schedule for determining the payment rates for individual physician services. The MPFS is regularly updated by...
Industry Buzz from the Home Care Innovation and Investment Conference
Authors: Daniel I. Levin, CFA, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFIn June of 2022, Dan Levin and Nick Janiga attended the Home Care Innovation and Investment Conference in Chicago where we met with and heard from operators and investors in the home care...
Navigating Medicare’s New Billing Rules for Split/Shared Visits
Authors: Gavin Heckman, MBA, MSBA and James R. Hills, CPA/ABV Download the PDF OVERVIEW On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule (the “2022 Rule”), which included...
HealthCare Appraisers Names Three Directors
BOCA RATON, Fla., July 26, 2022 – HealthCare Appraisers has promoted the following employee-owners to Directors within the organization: Alyse Bentz, JD, MPH Gavin Heckman, MBA, MSBA Elizabeth Neiberg, JD “On behalf of the company, congratulations to these three...
Service Line Co-Management Agreements and Employment Considerations
Author: Hunter Hall Download the PDFWith continued emphasis by the government and other payors on value-based care and quality measures, service line co-management is one of the many models that have been developed to foster further alignment between hospitals and...
Examining the Cost-Effectiveness of CRNAs
Authors: Elizabeth Neiberg, JD and Kevin Obletz, JD, CVA Download the PDFORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDER COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS For decades, anesthesiology service lines have been predominantly provided by a combination of two types of...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
Authors: Elizabeth Neiberg, JD Download the PDFThe notion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) in business has been steadily gaining momentum in recent years, and is often cited as a key factor in the success and sustainability of a company. Everywhere we turn,...
The Challenges of wRVU-Based Survey Data in an Evolving Healthcare Industry
Authors: Nicole M. Jacobsen, JD, MBA, LLM, James R. Hills, CPA/ABV, and Kevin Obletz, JD, CVA Download the PDFORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDER COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS For years, physician groups, hospitals, and health systems alike...
The Rocky Mountain State Equalizes Pay for All: A Year in Review
Authors: Erica Jacobovits, JD, and Kevin Obletz, JD, CVA Download the PDFIn an effort to close the pay gap in Colorado and ensure that employees doing similar work receive the same wage rate regardless of sex, the General Assembly of the State of Colorado enacted The...
HealthCare Appraisers Releases New Publication – 2022 Medical Office Fundamentals Outlook
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 3rd – HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., a leading healthcare valuation and advisory firm with offices nationwide, has released its new publication, the Medical Office Fundamentals Report: 2022 Outlook. This publication explores and illustrates timely...
2022 Medical Office Fundamentals Outlook
HealthCare Appraisers is pleased to present its 2022 Medical Office Fundamentals Outlook, which is the product of discussions with numerous lenders, real estate brokers, investment bankers, and various other medical office entities, on subjects such as industry...
The FMV Implications of Physician Benefits
Author: C.J. Laird, MEd Download the PDFORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDER COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS Across all industries, employee benefits are a significant driver of employer to employee relationships. In addition to providing a...
2022 Outlook: Home Health and Hospice
Authors: Daniel I. Levin, CFA, ASA, Bobby Van Dusen, MSAQF and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFThe authors continue to observe a high level of interest in home health and hospice as the sector is expected to benefit from aging demographics, the shift to...
HealthCare Appraisers Names Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Leadership
BOCA RATON, Fla., January 24, 2022 – HealthCare Appraisers has named Elizabeth Neiberg, JD, Manager, as DEI Chair, and Rebecca J. Langford, Manager, as DEI-Co-Chair. In these positions, Neiberg and Langford will lead HealthCare Appraisers’ diversity, equity, and...
2022 Outlook: Physician Practice Industry
Authors: David Y. Lo, CFA, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDF 1. OVERVIEW OF THE PHYSICIAN PRACTICE INDUSTRY With slightly over one million active physicians in the United States, IHS Markit Ltd. projects a total physician shortage between 54,100 and...
Recent Insights
Healthcare Joint Ventures: Know the Value of Your Assets
Authors: Landon Forsythe, Matthew Muller, ASA and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDFThe healthcare industry is an economic sector that is constantly facing unique challenges. The industry is highly regulated with rules that frequently shift in a manner that...
Navigating Ambulance Transport Arrangements and Transactions
Authors: Ciara A. Kerney, Hunter A. Wolfel, and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDF OVERVIEW Over the years, HealthCare Appraisers has analyzed numerous medical transport arrangements. While it is hard to miss the warning sounds of an approaching ambulance, the...
Service Line Co-Management and Value Based Care Strategy
Authors: Landon Forsythe and Jamie McIntyre, JD Download the PDFA growing interest in hospital-provider alignment, coupled with the desire to establish meaningful mechanisms for provider accountability related to hospital quality, efficiency, and patient outcomes,...
Industry Insights: Women’s Health in 2023
Authors: Cecelia R. Chavez, AM, Chris Vaughan, MBA, ABV, and Nicholas J. Janiga, ASA Download the PDF INTRODUCTION The women’s health industry has experienced significant growth and transformation in recent decades, driven by demographic and population trends,...
Are Your Full-Time Providers Truly 1.0 FTEs? The Importance of Developing Best Practices When Using Healthcare Provider Compensation Surveys
Authors: Emily A. Rodriguez, MBA and Nicole Jacobsen, JD, MBA, LLM Download the PDFOriginally published in the American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals Bulletin on August 1, 2023. OVERVIEW The use of healthcare provider compensation data...
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