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.