Dealmaker’s Corner: Physician Practice Acquisitions

Introduction

Physician practice acquisitions have been one of the most active sectors in health-care mergers and acquisitions for some time. This article focuses on the ins and outs of a physician practice acquisition and discusses and analyzes the issues assuming that an asset purchase arrangement between a hospital and a physician practice group will be used. The authors recognize that there are many nuances that can be explored and different concerns may arise depending on particular physician group specialties and given different parties or deal structures, and those may be explored in future acquisition articles.

This article begins with a ...