title: Three major models. Before you build your network, consider these legal angles.
abstract: Confused about the details of the legal models for integrated delivery systems? You have reason to be. Attorneys structuring the systems say nearly every one is different--shaped by its owners, participants and local environment. Though few generalizations can be made about the structures, three basic models are emerging: a management services organization (MSO), a medical foundation, and a fully integrated entity.
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authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005582:Foundations / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States