Maria Kuruc

Maria Kuruc has over six years of experience leading the valuation services department at her prior employer, a large, multi-hospital health system in South Florida. She has extensive expertise across the healthcare industry and specializes in the valuation of physician compensation arrangements with a strong emphasis on supporting regulatory compliance with the Federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statue.

Maria advises hospitals, health systems, and other stakeholders on matters of healthcare provider compensation arrangements, with a concentration on professional services arrangements, employment, medical directorships, compensated call coverage services, and hospital-based specialty collections guarantees and subsidies. She works closely with in-house counsel, law firms, corporate boards, management teams, and physician groups in the context of healthcare compensation valuation.

Prior to joining Stout, she worked at a large, multi-hospital health system in South Florida for 13 years. During her tenure there, she held positions within the medical group’s Employed Physician Compensation Department and served as a Manager in the Corporate Division’s Acquisitions & Valuation Services Department.