Physician Practice Acquisition
Physician Practice Acquisition
Southwind
provides comprehensive assistance for physician practice acquisition
from the initial step of conducting an acquisition due diligence, to
facilitating negotiations, to the final integration process through our
hands-on physician practice management services.
Physician Practice Acquisition Due Diligence
Hands-On Physician Practice Management
National Trends Increasing Physician Practice Acquisition
More than any time since the first wave of physician practice acquisition during the mid-1990s, hospitals and health systems are acquiring physician practices. There are several reasons for this trend:- Federal laws, rules and regulations provide for physician employment as a "safe harbor" for supporting new physician practice ownership and management services;
- Acquiring an existing medical group can be an effective way to create the physician practice management infrastructure needed to support physician employment;
- Physician practice acquisition can be an effective defense against physician sponsored outpatient ancillary services development; and
- Independent physician practices are finding it increasingly challenging to go it alone. They are seeking assistance with capital and management as well as the additional negotiating clout with managed health care plans and suppliers that come with being part of a larger, integrated health system.