Avoiding Marriage: Hospital and Physician Non-Acquisition Financial Strategies

While specialists are seeking employment by health systems, health systems are forming multi-specialty groups and the billiard balls are repositioning themselves throughout the country, the illusion that health system employment of physicians will solve alignment problems going forward is unfortunately far too simplistic for the current state of affairs. In her new HEALTH LAW HANDBOOK chapter, “Avoiding Marriage: Hospital and Physician Non-Acquisition Financial Strategies”  Alice examines these issues in greater depth than was presented in her teleconference. She explores the phenomenon of enthusiasm for full merger business strategies and offers a range of other techniques by which physicians and hospitals may bond more tightly while physicians remain independent---all with particular emphasis on improving healthcare value and quality.