Hospitals acquiring local businesses: the art and challenge of buying beyond the four walls.
As managed care pushes hospitals to redesign themselves into "integrated health care delivery systems," hospital executives are faced with "make or buy" decisions for a variety of alternate site care businesses. This article dissects the nuances of the buy option, which involves some rather subtle issues often new to most hospital-based executives.
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Healthcare Resources of America, Lewisville, TX, USA.
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