title: Disclosure obligations of the newly public healthcare company: practical strategies for the company and its counsel.
abstract: Founders of healthcare companies, like entrepreneurs in general, dream of the opportunity to take their companies public. The benefits flowing from access to the public markets, however, carry with them additional responsibilities that are enforceable both by the regulatory authorities and the well-organized plaintiffs' securities bar. The authors of this Article provide the newly public company and its counsel extensive guidance for the navigation of this regulatory maze.
authors.affiliation: HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: McFadden
mesh_terms: D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019451:Information Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007449:Investments / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011996:Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States