Antitrust Takeaways for Physician Groups The Sheppard Mullin law firm provided insight that like other players in the healthcare industry, physician groups are facing increased antitrust scrutiny from the Biden administration, with the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and Department of Justice, … [Read more...]
Physician Merger Due Diligence
Physician Merger Due Diligence You and another or a group of physicians are considering a merger with each other. In any medical practice merger, the most important part of the merger process is conducting your due diligence. The initial funding for this due diligence process should first be … [Read more...]
Due Diligence in the Physician Merger Process
Physician Merger Due Diligence You and another or a group of physicians are considering a merger with each other. In any medical practice merger, the most important part of the merger process is conducting your due diligence. The initial funding for this due diligence process should first be … [Read more...]
Key Physician Practice Pre-Merger Decisions
Key Physician Practice Pre-Merger Decisions During the merger process, the physicians as a group will need to make numerous key pre-merger decisions about certain aspects and elements of the new group practice. Many of these key pre-merger decision areas are listed below. Some of these decisions … [Read more...]
Developing a Physician Merger Team
The Physician Merger Team Well, the first date turned out to be a good one and everyone wants to move forward. The physicians have decided to form a merger committee, participants from the respective medical practices have been selected and everyone is raring to get started. What’s next? One of the … [Read more...]
Hospitals Should Think Outside the Box When Employing Physicians
Over the last several years, hospitals have been acquiring specialty physician practices in response to a number of market forces. However, these types of acquisitions are not new to the American health care system and those who have been around long enough know that these arrangements can and … [Read more...]