Hospital and Other Healthcare Provider Mergers and Acquisitions

Review this LexisNexis Practical Guidance – Healthcare practice note from Winston & Strawn LLP which explains how healthcare mergers and acquisitions are frequently subject to antitrust scrutiny. Get up to speed on the relevant antitrust laws, the government agency review process, and antitrust hurdles and challenges involved when representing a healthcare client in these types of transactions. View the process through examples and illustrations. Learn about the practical aspects, strategies, and details of working on a merger, including important information about Federal Trade Commission (FTC) merger enforcement actions in the healthcare industry and the guiding principles that have come out of those actions.

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• Healthcare Provider Transactions Checklist
  Incorporate into your practice this checklist, which provides a framework for analyzing a proposed healthcare provider transaction at the outset of legal representation. Gain insight into the acquisition process whether representing buyers or sellers in transactions involving healthcare providers and suppliers and other healthcare organizations. Understand the fundamental legal and compliance issues relevant to your client’s business and, by extension, avoid or mitigate the risks associated with the transaction.
• Physician Recruitment Agreement
  Adopt this non-jurisdictional template which can be used as the basis for a contract between a physician and a hospital. Review the terms and conditions necessary for a hospital to recruit a physician to a health services area. Use the template to recruit either physicians who have practiced medicine for less than one year or physicians relocating their practices to geographic areas that have demonstrable community needs for their specialties.
• Management Services Organization (MSO) Checklist
  Address the formation and operation of management services organizations (MSOs). Provide guidance to investors and healthcare practices on how to legally structure MSO arrangements to benefit both parties. Walk your clients through each step in the MSO process, including the following: forming the MSO; identifying the target healthcare practice to acquire; agreeing on entity organization; preparing the management services agreement and accompanying documents; assessing regulatory risks and concerns; differentiating clinical and nonclinical functions; and operating the MSO.

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