With renewed interest in clinical integration comes potential change in hospital ownership or control due to mergers/acquisitions, the formation of new integrated delivery networks, or the development of accountable care organizations. To help hospital leaders navigate the community interests and the regulatory requirements involved in an ownership change, the American Hospital Association and Jones Day have developed voluntary principles and guidelines.
The report discusses fiduciary duties in fulfilling the hospital’s mission, key considerations for potential control changes, and guidelines for review of possible ownership change. The guidelines cover:
- Community engagement to identify future health improvement needs
- Initial steps in considering a change
- Evaluation of proposed changes
- Conduct of an appropriate review of state and federal laws
- Appropriate antitrust analysis where necessary
- Protection of the value of the community’s assets
- Education of and communication to the community of the changes taking place
A comprehensive checklist of the documents needed for review of a proposed change in ownership is appended to the report.
American Hospital Association; Jones Day. Principles and guidelines for changes in hospital ownership. American Hospital Association, Jan. 2012. http://www.hpoe.org/hpoe/resources/hospital-ownership.pdf
Posted by the American Hospital Association Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org.
Filed under: Health systems, Integrated delivery, Mergers and acquisitions, Posted by Diana Culbertson | Tagged: accountable care organizations, hospital mergers and acquistions, hospital ownership change, integrated delivery networks |
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