Life Sciences

Healthcare entities are currently facing significant financial and operational challenges against the backdrop of a changing economic landscape. Both for-profit and non-profit entities are seeking ways to optimize capacity, cut costs, grow into new markets, expand service lines, and improve quality of care by aligning with physicians and acquiring/partnering with other entities. Whether it is an acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, strategic partnership, financial arrangement, or the management of risk, clients want a trusted partner who can provide comprehensive, cost-efficient fair market value opinions that are supportable and will withstand regulatory scrutiny.

The valuation professionals of Navigant Capital Advisors have many years of healthcare industry valuation experience and are attuned to healthcare legal and regulatory issues affecting valuations in the healthcare industry, including:

• Medicare and Medicaid “fraud and abuse” laws (Anti-Kickback Statute)


• Physician Self-Referral ("Stark") Regulations


• Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) for tax exempt organizations (private inurement and private benefit restrictions)


• State Attorney General review processes


• Commercial Reasonableness

In order to ensure clients receive the highest level of expertise, we often draw upon the deep industry experience of our healthcare consulting practice professionals within Navigant Consulting.  This integrated team approach provides clients with supportable and defensible valuation opinions that are unmatched.

We have valuation expertise related to a broad range of healthcare entities and assets, including:

• Acute and specialty hospitals


• Primary care and specialty physician practices


• Surgery centers


• Diagnostic imaging centers


• Rehabilitation clinics


• Home health care


• Nursing homes


• Clinical laboratories


• Compensation arrangements


• Professional service agreements


• HMOs and PPOs


• Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies


• Certificate of needs


• Professional and personal goodwill


• Real property


• Machinery and equipment

The valuation professionals of Navigant Capital Advisors provide clients with fair market value opinions to help withstand regulatory scrutiny.