Market/Strategic Considerations

• Service area definition
• Patient origin analysis
• Demographic analysis
• Market share trends
• Payer market considerations
• Competitor/potential partner profiles
• Ambulatory competitor profiles
• Quality benchmarking
• Physician market profiles
• Facilities assessment
• Program/service performance analysis
• Physician staff analysis
• Inpatient and outpatient utilization trends
• Baseline utilization projections

Financial/Operational Considerations

• Operational benchmarking
• Payer profitability analysis
• Credit profile
• Capital needs inventory
• Debt/capital capacity analysis
• Sources/uses gap
• Baseline financial projections
• Sensitivity analysis
• Evaluation of noncore assets

~Source: Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc.

Publication Date: Wednesday, July 01, 2009