From acquisition to integration: transforming a hospital into an ACO
Fink, J.N.; Hartzell, S.T.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 64(10): 90
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 20922904 Document Number: 643227
Five steps are essential to the process of hospitals acquiring physician groups to develop truly integrated delivery systems: Securing internal and external approvals. Integrating physicians into leadership and governance. Developing physician employment terms and compensation. Exploiting reimbursement improvement opportunities. Streamlining operations