title: Buy vs. bye.
abstract: At first, the retreat of practice management companies looked like a great opening for hospitals. What better way to acquire prime medical groups from motivated sellers? Trouble is, you still need a motivated buyer. That's why some observers contend hospitals will purchase only a fraction of medical groups being divested by MedPartners and other retrenching firms.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004651:Employment; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007182:Income; D008824:Michigan; D020399:Practice Management / Q000639:trends; D020443:Practice Valuation and Purchase / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States