The MeSH model for hospital-physician joint ventures.
The MeSH (Medical Staff-Hospital Joint Venture Company) concept has arisen to meet the perceived need for hospital-physician cooperation in a modern age of prospective payment systems, increased supply of health-care providers, cost conscious consumers, corporate health care organizations, and a general trend toward industrialization of health care. Supply and demand economics have created a situation which threatens the autonomy and financial integrity of both hospitals ans physicians, forcing cooperation or mutual destruction. MeSH seeks to preserve the autonomy and financial integrity of both parties through the creation of a free-standing business entity jointly owned by a hospital and those members of its medical staff who choose to participate. This article presents reasons for the need for cooperation, the objectives of MeSH, a description of its structure and operation, and a list of potential projects the program could include.
D006739:Hospital Administration; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010067:Ownership; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States