Publications

The decision to align with another health care organization is among the most important, if not the most important, undertakings for a hospital board. Selecting the right partner, strategy, timing...

The European Union is an affiliation. Unlike a federal government, the United States for example, where members combine into a single sovereign nation, each member state of the EU remains...

As the delivery of health care continues to evolve and hospitals bear additional pressures to adapt to new payment models, more nonprofit hospitals are partnering with for-profit providers, through a...

In its final season, “Downton Abbey” captured audiences by exploring a healthcare phenomenon set in rural England 100 years ago — and one still playing out across America today. The...

Independent hospitals and small health systems face a daunting challenge in developing their healthcare IT capabilities to meet the requirements of value-based care. But they must carefully weigh their options...

Affiliations are contractual arrangements between two or more hospital partners in which they agree to work together on projects. No ownership or control is exchanged in affiliations; however, the term...

This joint venture handbook is based upon a series of articles that we began writing for The Governance Institute in the summer of 2014. One year later, many of the...

Eighty-seven percent of hospitals are considering alignment with another hospital or system as a part of their overall strategic planning, according to Dixon Hughes Goodman. This interest is primarily attributed...

The business of governing acute care health systems has become increasingly complex in recent years as board governance and industry structure have worked to keep up with the pace of...

Hospital leaders are increasingly interested in affiliations, or relationships with other healthcare organizations that do not involve ownership changes. Affiliations can take many forms, including management agreements, clinical affiliations, purchasing...

Pursuing a transaction is among the most significant actions that a hospital board and management team can undertake in the life of an institution.  It also is the riskiest.  Economic...

Payment reform poses a seemingly endless list of complex, interrelated questions. For the trustees and executives responsible for guiding their institutions through this unfamiliar terrain, the best answers to those...