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CMS used these exact seven outcome measures to calculate overall hospital quality and arrive at its 2016 hospital star ratings. This blog also reiterates the importance of outcomes measurement, clarifies how outcome measures are defined and prioritized, and recommends three essentials for successful outcomes measurement:
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Presentation Zeroes in on Successful CIN PYA, P.C.
A 335-bed hospital in Florida sought to form a clinically integrated network (CIN) with its physicians to address strategic challenges. It formed a Clinical Integration Committee of physician leaders and gave them 9 months to gain commitment. The Committee educated physicians and formed workgroups to define the CIN. This led to physician summits that built consensus on a governance structure. A Physician Hospital Organization was then formally established with equal physician and hospital representation to govern the CIN within 9 months as planned.
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This document provides information about the 12th Annual Observation Management Summit being held on April 28-29, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The summit will focus on strategies for improving patient throughput, capacity, length of stay, and balancing costs for observation units. It includes an agenda with sessions on topics like navigating CMS rules, determining observation status, developing effective protocols, and the financial aspects of observation services. The document promotes pre-summit workshops on April 28th focused on building efficient observation units and improving financial outcomes. Continuing education credits will be offered for physicians and nurses.
This document provides information about the 12th Annual Observation Management Summit taking place on April 28-29, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. It is organized by the National Association of Physician Advisors (NAPA) and offers continuing education credits. The summit will focus on strategies for improving patient throughput, capacity, length of stay, and balancing costs in observation units. There will be presentations from industry experts on topics like financial aspects of observation services, navigating status determinations, and achieving peak performance. Pre-summit workshops on April 28th will address laying the foundation for efficient observation units and improving financial outcomes. Participants can also join sessions via a live-streaming webcast.
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• Steps for a sustainable approach
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In “CARES Act Provider Relief Fund: Opportunities, Compliance, and Reporting,” Martie gave an overview of the history of distribution of those funds as well as regulations and guidelines including:
Statutory Language
Reporting Requirements
Use of Funds Calculation
Expenses
Risk Management
Martie presented Thursday, March 4, 2021.
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As we approach January 2021, it is vital that hospitals understand the requirements of the pricing transparency rule and options for compliance. It is unlikely that this rule will “go away”–court decisions are always subject to appeal, and there is even concern that Congress is considering action that would transform these requirements from regulation to legislation.
During the complimentary webinar, PYA Senior Manager Kathy Reep discussed hospital requirements related to pricing transparency, and Chris Kenny, Partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding, addressed concerns related to compliance and the legal challenges associated with the final transparency rule.
This webinar was presented in conjunction with:
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Florida Hospital Association
Georgia Hospital Association
Kansas Hospital Association
Louisiana Hospital Association
Montana Hospital Association
Not a surprise to most — healthcare is making headlines on an international level. Though not front and center, still of importance to the hospital community are issues working their way through government agencies and the legislature.
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Price transparency.
Congressional action on surprise billing.
The Administration’s budget for 2021.
Medicare proposed rules related to hospital inpatient payments and post-acute care for FY2021.
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The COVID-19 pandemic will materially affect U.S. provider industry structure, as financial weaknesses are exposed, risk tolerances are tested, and uncertainties persist. As a result, provider mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) activities across industry sectors will likely spike in the short- to medium-term future. Providers of all types need to be aware of, and prepared for, the changes they will face.
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The webinar took place Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 11 a.m. EDT.
Since March, PYA experts have closely tracked and carefully evaluated the pandemic’s impact on employed physician compensation. During this complimentary one-hour webinar, PYA Principals Angie Caldwell and Martie Ross highlighted five immediate considerations for hospitals and health systems to manage the storm. They also explored five longer-term considerations impacting future planning.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Florida Hospital Association
Kansas Hospital Association
Montana Hospital Association
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) along with the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) offer all business owners relief, but the details can be confusing or overlooked.
Perhaps you don’t fully understand how the deferral of the employer’s share of Social Security taxes works. Maybe you wonder if the deferral even applies to you—good news, it does if you have a payroll!
Failure to fully understand your options could cost you money, at a time when “cash is king.”
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The CARES Act provides relief to small businesses through Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, but receiving the loan is only the first part of the equation. PYA discussed what businesses need to know and do next.
Failure to fully understand the requirements for PPP loan forgiveness could cost employers money, at a time when every penny counts. Employers need to stay up-to-date on recent activities regarding the PPP loan forgiveness application, necessary documentation, and other best practices to ensure they are well-prepared for the next steps under the PPP.
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Webinar: “Making It Work—Physician Compensation During the COVID-19 Pandemic”PYA, P.C.
What to do with your physician compensation plan in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s a question that leaves administrators searching for answers.
PYA Principal Angie Caldwell and Senior Manager Katie Culver introduced several key considerations for provider compensation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In PYA’s complimentary webinar, they:
Summarized the current environment impacting physician compensation associated with the pandemic.
Provided an overview of the Stark Blanket Waivers and opportunities created for physician compensation.
Described restoration and recovery strategies for physician resources.
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The document provides information on the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund established by the CARES Act to reimburse healthcare providers for expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. It summarizes that $30 billion has been distributed based on providers' 2019 Medicare billings, with no repayment obligation. It outlines the attestation process to accept funds within 30 days and confirms that providers must comply with terms including using funds only for COVID-19 care and not balance billing uninsured patients. The document advises on accounting, compliance, and tax implications of the relief funds.
Webinar: “Hospitals, Capital, and Cashflow Under COVID-19”PYA, P.C.
Hospitals and providers need to think creatively, strategically, and long-term about capital and cashflow under the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. A one-hour webinar hosted by PYA discussed the current state of capital markets for non-profit healthcare systems, and considerations for capital management, including the role of real estate assets.
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Late on March 30, CMS released an interim rule which, among other things, significantly expands Medicare telehealth coverage, even beyond the initial Section 1135 waivers. PYA’s complimentary one-hour webinar explained these changes and how they make telehealth an even more attractive option in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PYA Principals Martie Ross and Valerie Rock addressed the latest developments, including:
New reimbursement for telephone-only services.
Broader coverage for remote patient monitoring.
New payments for rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Use of telehealth to meet supervision requirements.
New rules regarding coding and billing as well as the changed payment rates for telehealth services.
The webinar took place Friday April 3, 2020, at 11 a.m. EDT.
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Exclusive Contracting and Incentivizing Quality in Your Hospitalist Program
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2015 AHLA Physicians and Hospitals Institute
February 2 – 4, 2015
Carol W. Carden, CPA/ABV, ASA, CFE
Mark Easterly, JD
Exclusive Contracting and
Incentivizing Quality in Your
Hospitalist Program
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Objectives
• Understand the role of hospitalists and review the
growth of hospital medicine as a hospital-based
service
• Learn how to use hospitalist incentives to improve
quality, safety, and patient satisfaction
• Review case study
• Understand compensation and valuation
methodologies for hospitalist contracts
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Hospitalists in Modern Health Care Delivery
• Hospital medicine has been the “Quiet
Revolution” in health care delivery
• AHA survey found that 83% of hospitals with
>200 beds have hospitalist programs.
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Definition of a Hospitalist
• Term defined in 1996 NEJM article by Wachter/Goldman
from UCSF
• Hospitalists are hospital-based physicians that manage
medical inpatients
• An alternative to inpatient management by an office-
based PCP
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Definition of a Hospitalist
The Society of Hospital Medicine
www.hospitalmedicine.org
Hospitalists are physicians whose primary
professional focus is the general medical care of
hospitalized patients. Their activities include
patient care, teaching, research, and leadership
related to Hospital Medicine.
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Driving Forces Behind Growth of Hospital
Medicine Movement
• Changing approaches to delivery of care
– Managed care driven
• Need for efficient and cost-effective outpatient and
inpatient care
• Need for quality improvement
• Evolution of the internist away from hospital-based
practice
• Physician lifestyle expectations and demands
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Hospitals Benefit from Hospitalists
• Physician champions for patient safety
and quality improvements
• Standardization of care
• Patient throughput and length of stay
management
• Decrease ED wait times
• Recruitment of medical staff
• Nursing satisfaction and retention
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Workforce Facts
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Workforce Facts
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Workforce Facts
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Workforce Facts
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Workforce Facts
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National Providers
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Role of Hospitalist
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Medical Group-Based Programs
• Almost 90% of major multi-specialty medical groups have programs
• Many programs support multiple hospitals
• Cost savings are a strong motivation for using hospitalists
• Often at financial risk (e.g., capitation) for inpatient services
• Programs good at integrating care across multiple settings
• PCPs and hospitalists are partners in the medical group
• PCP can explain hospitalist role to the patient before admission
• The hospitalist can easily and frequently communicate with the PCP and
other MDs in the group (e.g, using an EMR)
• Smooth patient transfers to ECFs and rehab facilities because groups
often have contractual relationships with these providers
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Academic Hospital-Based Programs
• Leading the hospitalist movement academic medicine
• Teaching is an important priority for these programs
• These hospitals often care for very sick patients
• Hospitalists’ role often requires significant coordination with a
range of sophisticated specialists
• Because of house staff/specialization:
• Hospitalists rarely perform procedures
• Hospitalists less likely to see patients in ICU, CCU, or ED
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Community Hospital-Based Programs
• Represent the growth market for new hospitalist programs
• Virtually all hospitals with active plans to implement hospitalist
programs in the next 2 years are in this category
• Hospitalists have multi-dimensional responsibilities
• Admit some patients, admit and round on other patients, perform
consultations, do medical procedures, and see patients in the ICU,
CCU, and ED
• More likely to provide 24 hour, round-the-clock coverage
and to employ administrative and/or clinical support staff
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Hospitalist Program Models
• Completely Open Medical Staff
– Any physician can apply for privileges as
hospitalist
• Partially Closed Staff
– Multiple providers but closed to new applicants
• Exclusive Staffing
– Private provider via PSA
– Employed providers via direct employment
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Why Hospitalists for your Quality Improvement
Program?
• Physically present and
available
• Vested in hospital’s
success
• Volume/influence
• Contracted
– Employed or private
– Opportunity to exert
greater control
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Steps
• Identify opportunity for your hospitalist program
• Determine: closed vs. open staff model
• Issue RFP
• Award contract(s)
• Work with physicians on developing quality metrics
• Value financial incentive
• Execute
• Measure and reward achievement
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Legal Issues
• Stark
• Anti-kickback
• Civil Monetary Penalty Statue
• Tax exemption
• Anti-trust
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Stark Law 42 U.S.C. §1395nn
• Personal services
exception
• Fair market value
exception
• Bona fide
employment
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Stark Law 42 U.S.C. §1395nn
• Incentive Payment and Shared Savings Program
Exception (42 CFR §411.357(x))
• CMS proposed July 7, 2008
• “hospitals may sponsor quality-focused programs in
which objective improvements in quality or
individual patient care outcomes are rewarded with
payments to physicians responsible for the
improvements.”
• Not yet adopted as final rule
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Stark Law 42 U.S.C. §1395nn
• Incentive Payment and Shared Savings Program
Exception (42 CFR §411.357(x))
– “In many cases, incentive payment and shared savings
programs can be structured to satisfy the requirements of
existing exceptions (e.g., bona fide employment, personal
services arrangements, fair market value compensation,
or indirect compensation).”
– “However, in other circumstances, the existing exceptions
to [Stark] may not be sufficiently flexible to protect
payments to physicians under incentive payment
programs.” 73 Fed. Reg. 38551
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Request for Proposal
• Written RFP
• Clearly describe services, roles, and
objectives
• Set timetable for response
• Outline significant contract terms
• Include medical director or program leader
role?
• Local groups or include national providers?
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Closing the Hospitalist Service
• Check applicable state law
• Check hospital and medical staff bylaws
• Check current contractual relationships
• How to define “hospitalists”
– Self declaration or delineation of privileges
– Ex. Hospitalists def. as Internal Medicine but no clinical
practice
• Action by hospital board of directors
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Preparing the Exclusive Agreement
• Clearly define services, expectations and standards
• Exclusivity language: “Group shall be the exclusive provider of Hospitalist
Services at the Hospital”
• “Clean Sweep” provision: “Physician agrees that his or her Medical Staff
membership and privileges at the Hospital shall terminate at such time that (i) Physician is
no longer retained by Exclusive Group; (ii) the Hospital withdraws its approval of the
Physician as an approved provider; or (iii) the Exclusive Agreement is terminated.
Physician further agrees that, notwithstanding any rights to notice, hearing, and review that
may be established by Hospital Policies, Medical Staff bylaws, or by state law, the Hospital
has no duty to provide notice or hearing in the event the Medical Staff membership and
privileges of Physician are so terminated. Physician shall be deemed to have automatically
resigned Medical Staff membership and privileges at the Hospital under such
circumstances, and hereby waives any notice or hearing.”
• Include quality metrics and compensation set in advance
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Quality Metrics
• Decide what to measure
• Set targets
• Generate and analyze reports
• Distill key indicators into dashboard
• Develop action plan for improvement and
achievement of metrics
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Quality Metrics
• CMS Core Measures
• Mortality Index
• 30-day readmission rates
• Discharge before 11:00
a.m.
• Physician documentation
response time
• Patient satisfaction
(HCAHPS, Press Ganey)
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Goals Effective Impact
Standardization for
comparison across hospitals
National benchmark
Hospital accountability and
incentive to improve quality
Demonstrate performance
Enhanced public
accountability
Transparency and
reporting
Quality Metrics
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Quality Metrics
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Point
Allocation
Benchmark
and Baseline Target
2014 Results
First
Quarter
Second
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Fourth
Quarter
Final
Results
1 - CORE MEASURES: Process of Care Weighted Value 40%
Heart Failure (HF)
Pneumonia
2 - CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Weighted
Value 40%
Patient Satisfaction (Based on Press Ganey Scores)
Time Physician Spent with you 33%
Physician kept you informed 34%
Friendliness/courtesy of physician 33%
4 - MORTALITY
Weighted
Value 20%
Sample
Quality Metrics
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Other Possible Metrics
• Medication reconciliation
• Physician throughput
• Provider satisfaction
– Primary care physician
– Specialist
• EHR adoption and Meaningful Use compliance
• ICD 10 compliance
• “Good Citizenship”
• Is it measurable? Is it legal?
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Length of Stay (LOS)
• All hospitals measure.
• Direct bottom line impact
• Hospitalists in position to best influence LOS
• Caution against using LOS as an incentivized quality metric
• Civil Monetary Penalty statute implications 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(b)
– Prohibits knowingly paying a physician an inducement to reduce or
limit the services provided to a federal health program beneficiary
– Potential $2,000 penalty on both hospital and physician
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CMP Rule
• 1999 OIG Special Advisory Bulletin re: Gainsharing
– “OIG recognizes that hospitals have a legitimate interest in enlisting
physicians in the efforts to eliminate unnecessary costs. Savings that
do not affect the quality of care may be generated in many ways . . .
[including] reducing lengths of stay.” “Nonetheless, the plain
language of [CMP rule] prohibits tying physicians’ compensation to
reductions or limitation in items or services.”
• 2012 GAO Report to Congress: “Implementation of Financial Incentive
Programs Under Federal Fraud and Abuse Laws”
– “Financial inventive programs . . [and] payments from a hospital to a
physician designed to reward quality that lead to a reduction or
limitation or services furnished to hospital patients . . . Implicate the
CMP law.”
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CMP Rule
• OIG issues proposed rules October 3, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 59717)
– “The statute does not limit this prohibition to reductions or limitation of
medically necessary services.”
– “Given the changes in the practice of medicine over the years,
including collaborative efforts among providers and practitioners, and
the rise of widely-accepted clinical metrics, we are considering a
narrower interpretation of the term ‘reduce of limit services’ than we
have previously held.”
– Solicited comments on definition of “reduce or limit services” and
safeguards “to ensure the goal of the statute is met: to prevent
hospitals from paying physicians to discharge patients too soon.”
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Case Study
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Case Study
• 872 staffed beds
• Major academic medical center
• Internal medicine residency program
• Open staff model
– 5 employed hospitalists;
– 40+ private;
– 4 major groups; one affiliated with major multispecialty group
• 40% of all discharges from hospitalists
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Case Study
Hospital Concerns:
• Physician handoff
• Use of consultants
• Quality improvement
• Unassigned ED admission
• Lack of control
• Maintaining existing provider relationships
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Leadership
• Engaged Physicians
– Stakeholders formed Hospitalist Governance Council
– Individual Group Leaders
• Department of Medicine Chair
• Hospital Chief Quality Officer
• Hospital Administration
• Medical Executive Committee
• Board of Trustees
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Case Study
• Hospitalist Governance Committee set performance
standards
• Hospital issues RFP
• HGC determines quality metrics
• Create dashboard
• External valuation for subsidy and financial incentive
• Board of Directors action to close service
• Execute contracts, measure performance
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Performance Standards for Hospitalists
• Provide 24/365 in-house coverage (physicians/mid-level providers) for all patients
• Must personally see and examine patients within six hours of admission/observation
• Orders on chart within one hour of arrival on the floor
• Should alert HMH staff physicians on Day 1 that their patient has been admitted
• Brief discharge summaries on the day of discharge for next level of care
• Participate daily in care coordination rounds
• 100% core measures compliance
• Low Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) rate
• Define an acceptable overall Hospitalist Quality Index
• Consultants cannot bring on other consultants without approval of Attending
• No hospitalists can be responsible for the care of more than 25 patients/day
• No hospitalists can admit/observe more than 15 new patients in a 24-hour period
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Performance Measure Dashboard
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Case Study: Results
• Closed staff
• Several “co-exclusive” contracted hospitalist groups
– Mix of employed and private
• Unassigned ED coverage
• Quality measures with financial incentives
• Quarterly data reports and payment
• Functioning Hospitalist Governance Council
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Employed Hospitalists
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Employed Hospitalists
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Economics of a Hospitalist Program
Predominant
mode of
payment is
shift based
Performance
incentives are
common
87% - 93% of
hospitalists
programs
require a
subsidy
• Average
subsidy is
$156,063
for adult
programs
• Average
subsidy is
$105,985
for pediatric
programs
Exclusive
arrangements
are common
Specialty
hospitalists
becoming
more common
• Critical
care/
intensivist
and
surgicalist
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Fair Market Value Considerations
Key Concepts
Determined from the perspective of hypothetical buyers and
sellers without the ability to refer business to one another.
Reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts by both parties
Neither party is under compulsion to buy or sell services
Separate definitions for IRS and Stark/OIG purposes
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Fair Market Value
• IRS Definition1
– Fair market value (FMV) is defined as the price at which the property or service would change hands
between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under a compulsion to buy or sell
and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts”
• OIG/Stark Definitions2
– Fair Market Value: the value in arm’s-length transactions, consistent with the general market value
– General Market Value: the price that an asset would bring as the result of bona fide bargaining
between well-informed buyers and sellers who are not otherwise in a position to generate
business for the other party, or the compensation that would be included in a service agreement
as the result of bona fide bargaining between well-informed parties to the agreement who are not
otherwise in a position to generate business for the other party, on the date of acquisition of the
asset or at the time of the service agreement. Usually, the fair market price is the price at which
bona fide sales have been consummated for assets of like type, quality, and quantity in a particular
market at the time of acquisition, or the compensation that has been included in bona fide service
agreements with comparable terms at the time of the agreement, where the price or compensation
has not been determined in any manner that takes into account the volume or value of anticipated or
actual referrals
1 Treas. Reg. § 20.2031-1(b) (2005); Rev. Rul. 59-60, 1959-1 C.B.237.
2 42 C.F.R. § 411.351 (2011).
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COMMERCIAL
REASONABLENESS
FAIR MARKET
VALUE
Compliance Issues Regarding Hospital-
Physician Financial Relationships
Overall
Arrangement
“WHY?”
SENSE CENTS
Range of
Dollars Only
“HOW
MUCH?”
Scope
Key Question
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Commercial Reasonableness
• Department of Health and Human Services Definition1
– An arrangement which appears to be “a sensible, prudent business
agreement, from the perspective of the particular parties involved, even in the
absence of any potential referrals.”
• Stark Definition2
– “An arrangement will be considered ‘commercially reasonable’ in the absence
of referrals if the arrangement would make commercial sense if entered into
by a reasonable entity of similar type and size and a reasonable physician of
similar scope and specialty, even if there were no potential designated health
services (DHS) referrals.”
• OIG Threshold 3
– Compensation arrangements with physicians should be “reasonable and
necessary.”
1 63 Fed. Reg. 1700 (Jan. 9, 1998).
2 69 Fed. Reg. 16093 (March 26, 2004).
3“OIG Compliance Program For Individual and Small Group Physician Practices,” Notice, 65 Fed. Reg. 59434 (Oct. 5, 2000); OIG Advisory Opinion
No. 07-10, September 20, 2007, pg. 6, 10; “OIG Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals,” Notice, 70 Fed. Reg. 4858 (Jan. 31,
2005).
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Factors in Determining CR
Business Purpose
Provider Analysis
Facility Analysis
Resource Analysis
Independence & Oversight
Commercial
Reasonableness
Determination
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Commercial Reasonableness
Does the proposed service represent a reasonable necessity essential
to the functioning of the hospital?
Is the specific purpose of the service clearly identifiable and appropriately
defined?
Does the proposed service relate to the business and/or clinical plans
of the hospital?
Does the proposed service contribute to the hospital’s profits and/or the
development of a service line?
BUSINESS PURPOSE
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Commercial Reasonableness
PROVIDER
ANALYSIS
Does the role require a physician to perform the services?
Does the role require a physician of a certain specialty to perform the
services?
Has the amount of time demanded of the physician in the proposed role
been considered?
Do any salary considerations exist related to providers of similar specialty
and experience in comparable organizations and positions?
PROVIDER ANALYSIS
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Commercial Reasonableness
Is patient demand/number of hospital patients sufficient to justify the
service?
Are patient acuity levels such that the proposed service is necessary?
Do patient needs dictate the need for a separate and distinct physician
for the proposed services?
Is the size of the hospital and its relevant departments appropriate
for the proposed service?
FACILITY ANALYSIS
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Commercial Reasonableness
Counsel
In – house
Outside
Valuation Firm
Internal
External
Internal
Management
Board
WHO DECIDES?
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Factors Impacting Compensation
Payer mix
Productivity level
Many times measured by
encounter data
Supply/demand for
physicians in the local market
Hospitalists were the third
most highly recruited
specialty according to Merritt
Hawkins
Level of at-risk/incentive
compensation
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Components of a Typical Subsidy
1
Fair market value
physician
compensation
2
Physician benefits
& malpractice
expense
3
Fair market
value MLP
compensation
4
MLP benefits &
malpractice
expense
5
Billing and
overhead
expense
6
Offset by
projected
collections
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Subsidy Calculation Example
Example Hospital Financial Support Analysis
Low Scenario High Scenario
REVENUE
Professional collections, rounded $1,490,935 $1,490,935
EXPENSES
Physician Expenses:
Number of physician hours 17,072 17,072
Indicated fair market value hourly rate $110 $130
Physician compensation $1,877,920 $2,219,360
Physician benefits $281,688 $332,904
Total Physician Compensation and Benefits $2,159,608 $2,552,264
Other Expenses:
Malpractice insurance $58,761 $69,174
Billing, collections, and accounting $89,456 $119,275
Other office overhead $61,787 $61,787
TOTAL EXPENSES $2,369,612 $2,802,500
Operating Income (Loss) ($878,677) ($1,311,565)
Total Financial Support, Rounded $879,000 $1,312,000
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Questions?
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Web Resources
www.hospitalmedicine.org
www.pressganey.com
www.thefrontierproject.com
www.hhs.gov
www.qualitynet.org
www.hcahpsonline.org
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
www.studergroup.com
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Contact Information
Carol Carden, CPA/ABV, ASA
PYA
(800) 270-9629
ccarden@pyapc.com
www.pyapc.com
http://twitter.com/carolcardenpya
Mark Easterly, JD
Houston Methodist
(713) 441-2571
wmeasterly@houstonmethodist.org
www.houstonmethodist.org