title: Commercially reasonable--whose responsibility is it?
abstract: According to federal regulations, any business arrangement between a hospital and a physician or physicians must comply with a set standard establishing that the arrangement is commercially reasonable. The commercially reasonable standard can be briefly defined as the requirement that the arrangement make business sense without being contingent on physician referrals. Before engaging outside expertise to assist in making the determination that an arrangement is commercially reasonable, hospital executives can address many key questions with respect to this determination themselves using a checklist of key operational, clinical, and financial considerations.
authors.affiliation: VMG Health, Dallas, USA. jenj@vmghealth.com
authors.forename: Jen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000191:economics*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States