On a recent trip to speak to a group of physician leaders, I had the privilege of sitting next to a retired commercial pilot. I travel frequently and my usual routine on the plane is not very conversational, as I use that time as catch up time for work. However, it always gives me a […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/physician-partnership-and-alignment-around-reimbursement/Over the past several years, our firm has experienced a tremendous increase in the demand for fair market value assessments of physician compensation. Because of recent governmental interest, an interesting offshoot of this work has developed involving whether the underlying arrangements are “commercially reasonable.” We have followed recent litigation and regulatory opinions [PDF], focusing almost […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/ensuring-commercially-reasonable-arrangements-equal-in-importance-to-fair-market-value-financial-terms/Hospitals are increasingly entering into “buy and employ” transactions with key physicians as part of their strategy to provide high quality patient care and grow market share. This buy and employ model is where the hospital acquires the medical practice and then employs the physician(s) – generally under some type of productivity based compensation arrangement. […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/buy-and-employ-transactions-part-1/In PYA’s Bridging Business & Healthcare Blog, Jim Lloyd writes about entering into “buy and employ” transactions with key physicians. See the links below for all three parts: Buy and Employ Transactions: Part 1 Buy and Employ Transactions: Part 2 Buy and Employ Transactions: Part 3
www.pyapc.com/insights/buy-and-employ-transactions-parts-1-2-3/Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. (865) 673-0844 • (800) 270-9629 Atlanta: Monarch Tower, Suite 700 3424 Peachtree Rd, NE. Atlanta, Georgia 30326 Kansas City: 70 Corporate Woods 9900 West 109th Street Suite 130 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Knoxville: One Cherokee Mills 2220 Sutherland Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37919 Nashville: 216 Centerview Drive Suite 297 Brentwood, Tennessee […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/contact/Changes in Legislation require Business Associate Agreement On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”). The Health Information and Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) provisions of ARRA in Title XIII include important changes related to business associates. Furthermore, ARRA contains provisions related […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/changes-in-legislation-affect-hipaa/In today’s unstable economy, staying informed of potential changes in reimbursement and trends in healthcare policy is now more important than ever. One of the first possible insights into the 2010 Medicare reimbursement environment was reported in the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee’s (MedPac) Report to Congress released this month. MedPac’s report has proposed recommendations to […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/are-you-preparing-for-possible-reimbursement-changes-in-2010/Jim Lloyd presents Building Long Term Value (in privately held companies) at the Georgia Society of CPAs 2009 Southeastern Accounting Show (Atlanta, Georgia).
www.pyapc.com/insights/building-long-term-value-in-privately-held-companies/Jim Lloyd will present Hospital-Physician Economic Relationships – Assessing Fair Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness, October 12 – 13, 2009. PYA will also exhibit at the American Health Lawyers Association’s Tax Issues for Healthcare Organizations conference (Arlington, Virginia).
www.pyapc.com/insights/ahlas-tax-issues-for-healthcare-organizations-conference/On July 1, 2009, CMS released the 2010 Medicare proposed physician fee schedule (“PPFS”) which is scheduled for finalization on November 1, 2009. While CMS will accept comments on the PPFS until August 31, 2009, policy modifications which are included in the rule will affect medical services furnished in 2010 by over 1 million providers […]
www.pyapc.com/insights/2010-ppfs-gains-for-primary-care-cutbacks-for-imaging/PYA will exhibit at an American Health Lawyers Association program, the AHLA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC., June 28 – July 1, 2009.
www.pyapc.com/insights/ahla-annual-meeting-2/February 10, 2009– Maggie Mac presents Bust Medicare Screening Coverage Myths at The Coding Institute CPT Multi-Specialty Coding Update & Reimbursement Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada).
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