The risks and opportunities of acquiring a distressed facility.
Often, distressed healthcare institutions have salvaged their deteriorating situations by merging or consolidating with or selling their assets and operations to a neighboring institution. This article reviews the analysis that should be undertaken by a financially sound institution when it considers acquiring a distressed institution. Acquiring a failing institution provides many good opportunities as well as many great risks. A healthy institution must depend upon good planning and execution to ensure a successful venture.
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