The sale and merger of medical practices into larger medical groups or hospital networks is an ongoing trend that began almost a decade ago. A key component of these transactions has been the valuation of the target medical practice.
The purchase price is often calculated through a combination of the quality of earnings, operational efficiency and a regulatory compliance risk assessment. All these components are strongly tied to the quality of the electronic medical records (EMR) system, which makes assessing EMR’s reliability critical to proper valuation of the practice and a strong indicator of the degree of risk to the acquirer.
Explore this framework for analysis of one of the most significant aspects of medical practice value: the practice’s treatment data.