title: Acquiring physician-owned ambulatory businesses: traversing the minefield.
abstract: A hospital can acquire a physician-owned facility's assets or buy equity in the facility. The purchase price must fall within the bounds of fair market value. A professional services agreement also must reflect FMV. The purchasing hospital should determine whether the freestanding center should become a hospital outpatient department.
authors.affiliation: DGA Partners, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Grauman
authors.forename: J David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Robeson
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D004465:Economic Competition; D010067:Ownership; D010820:Physicians; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States