There has been tremendous growth in freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs), with a more than 100% increase in the number of such EDs between 2008 and 2016. The popularity of FSEDs is rooted in their potential to increase community access to vital healthcare resources. Consumers perceive them as having more extensive clinical capabilities than an urgent […]
We examine how to improve the negotiating position of hospitals and health systems entering into contracts with physicians, while ensuring compliance.
Healthcare Strategic Planning, Fifth Edition provides guidance for every stage of strategic planning and implementation: analyzing the environment, crafting strategy, putting the plan into action, and assessing the results. It describes the crucial decisions that must be made and the preparatory steps that must be taken for effective planning. This new edition contains the most recent […]
Challenge/Situation: To provide a valuation of the business operations of WRMC, and to partner in due diligence for a proposed long-term lease and operating agreement.
Hospitals and health systems have not historically focused on post-acute care. However, several factors are now motivating them to develop or strengthen their ties with post-acute care providers and establish an explicit post-acute care strategy. Acute care providers need to develop strong collaborative relationships with post-acute providers to ensure access to the post-acute care capacity […]
Daniel M. Grauman discusses the importance of an independence assessment amongst merger activity.
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.
Challenge/Situation: To prepare a business valuation of a rapidly growing privately held urgent care company, Urgent Care Extra, with more than 30 locations
