Acquisition of Physician Practices by Hospitals 

Thursday, October 8, 2009
1:00-2:30 pm Eastern (12:00-1:30 pm Central; 11:00 am-12:30 pm Mountain; 10:00-11:30 am Pacific; 9:00-10:30 am Alaska; 7:00-8:30 am Hawaii)
Co-sponsored by the Business Law and Governance (BL&G), Hospitals and Health Systems (HHS), and Physician Organizations (Physicians) Practice Groups

Description

Hospitals and physicians are constantly evaluating alignment strategies against a backdrop of ever-changing regulatory and economic factors. Over the past twelve months, we have witnessed substantially increased activity in hospital acquisitions of physician practices. This webinar will provide an overview of the key legal issues in acquiring physician practices, a comparison of acquisitions to other alignment strategies (e.g., recruitment and joint ventures), and a discussion of healthcare reform's potential impact on physician practice acquisitions. Webinar participants will receive a PowerPoint presentation and an acquisition checklist.  

Participants should expect to obtain a working knowledge of the following from this webinar:

• Legal issues affecting physician practice acquisitions;
• Permissible valuation methodologies;
• Special consideration for acquisitions by nonprofit hospitals;
• Key business considerations from the hospital’s and the physician’s viewpoint;
• Transactional structuring options; and
• Comparison of practice acquisitions to other alignment strategies.

Presenters

• R. Michael Barry, Esquire
  Member of the Firm
  Epstein Becker & Green PC, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• Jennifer C. Peters, Esquire
  Vice President and Associate General Counsel – Division I
  Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN
  
  
• Roger D. Strode, Jr, Esquire
  Partner
  McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL

Moderator

• Matthew A. Aiken, Esquire
  Partner
  Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL