IDS conversions to for-profit status: structuring the deal
Jaques, D.A.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 52(10): 38; 40, 42
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10187613 Document Number: 496076
Not-for-profit integrated delivery systems (IDSs) may convert assets to for-profit status in a variety of ways, but typically choose from three basic conversion structures: sale of assets, joint ventures, and lease or management agreements. To select the optimal conversion structure, not-for-profit IDS executives should understand the forces driving their organization's desire or need to effect such a conversion and examine the legal, business, and political implications of each option in light of the organization's particular circumstances.