Duke Center for Health Policy

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Duke Center for Health Policy
Hospital Conversion
Contract Management


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BACKGROUND/ISSUES

Description from Guide to Communities Considering Hospital Conversion

Hospitals & Health Networks "The Art of the Deal."
Article – Strategies for negotiating, planning, options.
ACPE "Fiscal management."
Article - Proper accounting and finance techniques.

PROCESS

Consumers Union "A Manual on the Conversion of Nonprofit Health Care Organizations into For-Profit Corporations."
Article – order form, 1996, 1 COPY FREE!

REGULATION

State Oversight of Hospital Conversions: Preserving Trust or Protecting Health?" - J. Horowitz
Thesis - 1997.
American Journal of Law and Medicine "The Conversion Conundrum: The State and Federal Response to Hospital's Changes in Charitable Status." - L. Singer
Article - 1997.

IMPACT

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research "Are Contract-Managed Hospitals More Efficient?"
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