8 / 19 / 2025
By Jason Baldwin
Introduction On July 16, CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) released their Fee Schedule Proposed Rule with updates and revisions to the reimbursement rates for services provided under Medicare....
3 / 4 / 2025
By Curtis Bernstein & Allison Carty
Article originally published through the ABA Health Law Expert Corner on 2/18/2025. Several factors in recent years have greatly accelerated the adoption rate among novel healthcare delivery trends. Most notably,...
12 / 3 / 2024
By Kelly Loya & Carey Lowe-Curry
Telemedicine: The Evolution of Virtual Services and Impact on Provider Compensation Traditionally, seeing a doctor when you’re unwell has been anything but convenient. It often involves taking time off work,...
11 / 12 / 2024
By Jana Sizemore, Anisha Coimbatore & Allison Carty
Additional Contributor: Allison Carty, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Introduction The process of structuring physician compensation is undergoing a meaningful and significant transformation. Traditional models that have long prioritized volume and...
7 / 30 / 2024
By Allison Carty & Daniel Guo
Disclaimer: This article reflects personal views based on information available at the time it was prepared. It does not represent and should not be relied on as legal, human...
7 / 18 / 2024
By John P. Carter & Allison Carty
From a Fair Market Value (FMV) perspective, the process of tying quality metrics into provider compensation involves simultaneously aligning incentives with healthcare quality and outcomes while ensuring the compensation...
11 / 28 / 2023
By Allison Carty & Claire Teti
Background With increases in technology and breakthroughs in the healthcare field, new and innovative medical specialties and/or sub-specialties are gaining prominence. Amongst those specialties is the field of interventional...
10 / 10 / 2023
By Ann Brandt
In many countries and regions of the world, access to valid, reliable, and comprehensive healthcare professional (“HCP”) compensation data can be a challenging task. Notwithstanding, in countries outside of...
8 / 31 / 2023
By Allison Carty
Abstract On May 15, 2023, Envision Healthcare Corp. (“Envision”) announced that it and several of its subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United...
5 / 3 / 2023
By David White, Carlo Duaban, MHA & G. Christopher Louis, ASA, MAI
Introduction A covenant not to compete (a.k.a. a non-compete agreement) is a contract or clause in a contract specifying that an employee or contractor (often through a professional services...