Healthcare Policy Edition During his two months in office, President Trump’s administration has called for significant changes at a fast and furious pace, with several healthcare agencies and programs across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) targeted. To keep up with the latest actions of the legislative and executive branches of the federal government, this article summarizes recent events in Washington and the impact of these changes (both imminent and impending) on providers and patients. During his two months in office, President Donald Trump’s administration has rolled out edicts calling for significant changes at a fast and…
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What Do We Do Moving Forward in Time? The coronavirus and the events unleashed by the outbreak were unforeseeable to professionals preparing reports as of the end of 2019. What do we, as valuation and litigation support professionals, do moving forward in time when we are engaged to value a business? Here, the author, Ron Rudich, answers these questions. Gary R. Trugman wrote in his tome, Understanding Business Valuation, A Practical Guide to Valuing Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, Second Edition, beginning on page 510, the following: Valuation as of a Specific Date A business valuation is similar to a balance…
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How does the current performance of U.S. stocks compare to the long-run historic average? Since the stock market is essentially a vote by millions of investors on future cash flows of companies, growing faster than average would indicate that, at least on this dimension, Trump is delivering on his promise to “make America great again.” (American companies, that is.) To read the full article in FinancialPlanning, click: Trump vs. Obama: Who Had Best 1st Year Stock Market Gains?