title: Taking the provider-driven company public: a primer on business and legal issues.
abstract: The article provides a concise review of the critical business and legal characteristics of recent health care-driven initial public offerings. In that regard, the article examines three recent provider-driven companies that have effectuated initial public offerings, and reviews certain of their business fundamentals and the manner in which each handled various legal disclosure issues.
authors.affiliation: Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pristave
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Liebers
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005607:Fraud / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States