What is the best choice regarding consistency with fiduciary obligations? What are the feasible alternatives and strategies for achieving the best outcome for the community? What tools are available to assist in the decision-making process? How does the hospital board know when it has exhausted all available options before deciding to give up the hospital’s independence?
These questions are exceedingly important in this era of increased activism by antitrust enforcement agencies, which have become skeptical of claims of merger efficiencies and projected cost reductions from consolidations. To what extent is acquisition or consolidation necessary to achieve these goals? Can they be achieved, particularly in more concentrated markets, through affiliation and other arrangements that do not raise the specter of increased pricing power?
Foley’s Health Care Industry Team has assembled a diverse faculty of thought leaders to present a Web conference series on Strategies for Independent Community Hospitals to Remain Viable. The four-part series features presentations and community hospital case studies.
The first 90-minute session will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. Central and will address the question: Can Your Community Hospital Remain Independent?
Topics include:
- Directors’ duties in turbulent times
- Indicators that remaining independent is a viable option for your hospital
- Enabling community hospital success in a population health era
- Steps that one community hospital has employed to stay independent
Speakers
- C. Frederick Geilfuss, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Susan Green, Senior Vice President and CFO, Lowell General Hospital
- Michael Quinn, Managing Director, Ziegler
- Holly Sullivan, Senior Vice President and Partner, Hammes Company; Member, American Hospital Association’s Society of Healthcare Strategy and Market Development
CLE
Foley & Lardner LLP will apply for CLE credit after the program, wherever applicable. Foley & Lardner LLP certifies that this activity has been approved for California MCLE credits by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.5 General credits. Foley & Lardner LLP is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider. Please note that participants must log in to both the teleconference and Adobe Connect portions on the date of the event; credit may not be obtained by viewing and/or listening to a program recording after the event.
Special Instructions for Kansas, New Jersey, and New York CLE Credit
Those seeking Kansas, New Jersey, and New York CLE credit are required to complete this form. Please be sure to enter the five-digit code that will be provided during the presentation. Following the program, email the form to Christina Wade at [email protected].
