title: Physician business deals: surveying the new landscape.
abstract: Strong hospitals and health systems should be on the lookout for opportunities today to acquire physician businesses at depressed fair market values. In some instances, an outright purchase of physicians' interest in a physician-hospital joint venture may be preferable; in others, the hospital may benefit more from simply increasing its interest in the venture. A critical part of the strategy should be taking steps to ensure the physicians remain engaged, including addressing physicians' income goals and need for control.
authors.affiliation: DGA Partners, Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA. JHarris@dgapartners.com
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Karin Chernoff
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000379:methods*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010067:Ownership; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States