title: How to buy and sell a group practice.
abstract: This article reviews the world of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, providing guidelines for the group practice administrator who is in the position of considering a merger or sale. The importance of strategic planning is discussed, and a set of working tools for buying and selling a medical practice is provided, along with suggestions for ways for groups to compete with industrial health/clinic programs in the area of long-term growth/acquisition programs.
mesh_terms: D006123:Group Practice; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010067:Ownership / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States