title: Parental controls: past indiscretions lead to tighter reins on new and future conversion foundations.
abstract: Conversion foundations created when a struggling not-for-profit hospital sells to a for-profit company have billions at their disposal to help their communties. The decision to create one and its direction are locally based. "It's really the community that drives it," says Martin Rash, of RegionalCare.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000191:economics*; D005582:Foundations / Q000191:economics; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000379:methods; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States