Acquiring physician practices may be the key for hospitals and health systems to strengthen market position.
Having a well-known brand name can provide negotiating leverage and enhance an organization’s reputation for physician and staff recruitment.
Once a letter of intent (“LOI”) is executed for the acquisition of a community hospital or health system, a due diligence process that assesses all aspects of the target organization will ensue. A key component of the due diligence process is developing a deep understanding of the likely future financial performance of both the organization […]
John M. Harris and Craig E. Holm describe howimplementation of MACRA bring significant strategic implications for hospitals and health systems as well and physicians.
Proactive collaboration allows AMCs and community counterparts to benefit from each other’s strengths, creating value that wasn’t necessarily sought or derived from more traditional partnering approaches. In Part I of this blog post on partnerships between community hospitals/systems and academic/major teaching centers (“AMCs”) we: Explored changes in AMC rationale for pursuing partnerships and partner attributes […]
Your selection of post-acute care (“PAC”) partners can make or break your value-based payment programs and care management initiatives. Even where fee-for-service is still dominant, having the right post-acute care partners can improve economic performance by reducing length of stay and minimizing acute care readmissions. Most health systems and hospitals do not own PAC facilities, […]
Karin Chernoff Kaplan writes that successful design of and transition to a new compensation model requires careful selection of the physician participants and subsequent training for those who will be involved.
John M. Harris and Molly Johnson write that smaller healthcare providers seeking to engage in population health management may well have other options other than a merger or acquisition.