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    A Valuation Primer for Renewables (Part II)

    Under Complex Considerations In Part I of this series, the article presented the fundamental standards used to gain a basis of understanding renewables and valuation drivers. These were presented in the context of an appraisal of wind rights and what would be included, as an example, in a valuation engagement. This second article focuses on the diminution of land values resulting from collateral damage from wind turbines and solar siting and placement impacting highest and best use of the subject property. In Part I of this series, the article presented the fundamental standards used to gain a basis of understanding…

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    The CY 2016 Work Relative Value Units

    The Impact on Employed Physician Groups The CMS 2016 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System downwardly revised reimbursement for GI/endoscopy services and reduced by 0.77 percent the Physician Fee Schedule to all services because CMS failed to meet the one percent net reduction target for misvalued codes in 2016. In this article, the author discusses how the proposed CMS changes announced in July 2015 could impact gastroenterological and endoscopy group practices.