Physician Malpractice Premiums Vary by State, Specialty & Other Factors
Physician Malpractice Premiums Vary by State, Specialty & Other Factors By Nicholas Newsad, MHSA Physician malpractice insurance coverage is one of the most obscure and least understood parts of running a practice. Whether physicians are independent or employed, malpractice premiums can vary a lot depending on physician specialty, geography, group size, deductible amounts, and many […]
Renting Operating Room Time: What is Fair Market Value?
Renting Operating Room Time: What is Fair Market Value? Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) often enter into operating room rental arrangements with surgeons and patients needing treatments not covered by traditional insurance. These ASCs have adopted bundled pricing based on the amount of time surgeons and patients spend in the operating room. Operating rooms are rented […]
Letters of Protection: What is Fair Market Value?
Letters of Protection: What is Fair Market Value? When someone gets hurt in a car crash, workplace accident, or because of negligence, there’s often a dispute over who should pay for their medical treatment. Healthcare providers who agree to treat these patients under Letters of Protection face long delays in payment and the risk of […]
Why are some docs getting the shaft?
Why are some docs getting the shaft? Two family medicine docs do the same amount of work. One of them earns $60,000 more than the other. What gives? Why are some docs getting the shaft? This post examines why Dr. Lucky earns $60,000 more per year than Dr. Shaft, even though they’re equally productive. Native […]
Cardiology: Physician Practice Management Fees
Cardiology: Physician Practice Management Fees Cardiology is one of the most expensive specialty practices to operate. Cardiology’s long list of in-office ancillary services can require millions of dollars of capital investment. This is one reason that private equity firms have invested in cardiology practice management companies. The two largest cardiology management company platforms are Cardiovascular Associates […]
Fair Market Value of I.V. Hydration Therapy Management Services
Fair Market Value of I.V. Hydration Therapy Service Management Fees I.V. hydration therapy clinics have become very popular during the past several years. Entrepreneurs nationwide have not only discovered a new market but new challenges as well. Medical providers, like physicians and nurse practitioners, cannot be employed by corporations or non-physicians in states that ban […]
Urology Physician Practice Management Fees
Urology: Physician Practice Management Fees There are six major urology physician practice management companies backed by private equity firms. Private equity firms usually do NOT invest in urology practices directly. About half of U.S. states have made it illegal for corporations to employ physicians directly, including California, Texas, and New York. This ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine […]
Home Health Business Valuation
Home Health Business Valuation If you are transferring ownership in a home health agency to a living trust, an investor, or any other type of buyer, there are a few reasons you might need a home health business valuation. Taxes: If you are selling to a living trust, you might need a valuation to share […]
Webinar: FMV Was Focus of $345M Settlement at Community Health Network
WEBINAR: FMV Was Focus of $345M Settlement at Community Health Network Date: 1/10/2024 11am MT Fair market value compensation was the core focus of the recent $345 million settlement between Community Health Network Inc. of Indiana and the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of […]
Gastroenterology Physician Practice Management Fees
Gastroenterology: Physician Practice Management Fees Gastroenterology physician practices cannot be owned directly by non-physicians in states that ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine like California, New York, and Texas. Physician practice management arrangements are used by private equity firms, platform physician practice companies, publicly-traded practice operators, and other for-profit businesses to manage the non-medical staff, […]