PYA's Darcy Devine & Briana Gordon
To avoid real and perceived compliance issues, hospitals need to make a strong case for paying for physician participation as well as substantiating that the compensation is FMV [fair market value] and serves a commercially reasonable business purpose.
Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) September 11, 2014
Hospitals seeking physician involvement and input often pay for providers’ participation on various committees and advisory boards. Ensuring fair market value compensation in these situations is an important concern for these healthcare organizations, as the arrangements can involve a significant amount of regulatory risk.
A recent article in the American Bar Association’s The Health Lawyer, “Paying Physicians for Attending Meetings – Assessment Tools & Recent Litigation,” delves into the challenges of paying physicians for these services. Authored by PYA Principal Darcy Devine and Consulting Manager Briana Gordon, the piece uses recent litigation to outline factors hospitals should consider when compensating physicians for meeting attendance.
According to the article, “To avoid real and perceived compliance issues, hospitals need to make a strong case for paying for physician participation as well as substantiating that the compensation is FMV [fair market value] and serves a commercially reasonable business purpose.” The article advises hospitals to develop an assessment tool that will help them evaluate whether paying physicians for their involvement in different meetings and on various committees and/or advisory boards is judicious.
PYA regularly provides fair market value and commercial reasonableness opinions and consulting advice related to compensating physicians for their clinical and administrative duties. Our valuation professionals also have extensive experience with physician-hospital integration strategies and physician compensation model design.
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