Health Care Alliances and Conversions: A Handbook for Nonprofit Trustees

AcknowledgmentsThe AuthorsForewordIntroduction
Introduction
Fiduciary Obligations
Duty of Obedience to Charitable PurposeStep 1: Find Out to WhetherYou Can Convert Your Hospital at AllStep 2: Determine How You CanSpAnd the Charity's Money
Duty of Loyalty
Duty of Due Care
Conclusion
Strategic Planning
Get the Board Involved Early
Identify the Legally Permissible OptionsDetermine RestrictionsAvoidCommon Errors
Assemble the Right Team of Experts to Work with Your Management,Identify the Problems, and RecommAnd Solutions
Shape Your Options to meet Your Goals and Work with YourCommunityMeeting Your GoalsEngaging the Community
Give Yourself Enough Time to Make a Reasoned Decision
Conclusion
Planning for the Post-Conversion Charity
Goal 1: Educate the Affected Community and Involve It in theDecision-making Process
Goal 2: Create a Structure for the Post-Conversion Charity That IsConsistent with Your State Law
Goal 3: Create a Charitable-SpAnding Plan for Your Post-ConversionFoundationThe Historical-Services OptionThe Charitable-ComponentOptionThe Supporting-Organization Option
Establish an Investment and Management Structure for the ConversionProceedsStep 1:Setting Your Investment GoalsStep 2: Selecting anInvestment AdviserStep 3: Establishing Written InvestmentGuidelines That Include DiversificationStep 4: MonitoringInvestment PerformanceStep 5: Negotiating Terms to Protect theCharity from Loss or Excessive Fees
Conclusion
Selling Your HospitalThe Sale ProcessGetting the Right Advice atthe Right Price: Marketing and Valuation Experts, NegotiatingExpert FeesAvoiding Conflicts of InterestObtaining a FormalValuation: Necessity, Timing, Source and CostUnderstandingValuation Advice: Fairness Opinions and Valuation Opinions,Valuation MethodologiesMarketing Your Hospital: Soliciting Interestby Buyers, Getting the Bidding Started, Auction Sales: Optimizingthe Possibility of Obtaining Fair Market Value, Single-BidderSales: "Shopping the Deal" and Protecting the Price, Choosing the"Best" OfferDocumenting the Agreement: Letter of Intent, DefinitiveAgreementConclusion
Joint VenturesKeys to a Successful Joint-Venture AgreementTheTypical Joint-Venture Model: Advantages, RisksPolicyAnalysisInvestment Analysis: What Percentage of Your Assets WillYou Invest? Will Your Returns Equal the Value of the Assets YouInvested? Could You Do Better Elsewhere?Process: Understanding theIssues, Get Fair Market Value, Make Sure the Deal Documents ProtectYouProtecting Yourself and Your Hospital: Understand theLimitations of Your Expert(s), Let the Market Work for You, PursueYour Values, Not Someone Else's, Evaluate Comparable Proposals, BeWary About Using Selection Criteria Other Than PriceStructuring theTransaction: Letter of Intent, Contribution and Sale Agreement,Operating Agreement, The "Put," Conclusion
Legal Protections for Directors and Trustees--and the Consequencesfor Failing to Use ThemLegal Protections: Business Judgemnet andCareful Conduct Rules, Delegation, Reliance, and Other SafeHarbors, Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance,IndemnificationLegal Consequences: Charitable-Trust Civil Actions,Internal Revenue ServiceConclusion
AppAndix A: Glossary
AppAndix B: The Law of Fiduciary Duties Affecting Directors andTrustees of Nonprofit HospitalsDuty of Obedience to CharitablePurpose: Defining the Trust, Adapting the Trust to Changing Timesand Circiumstances, Restrictions on he bUse of ConversionProceedsDuty of Loyalty: General Standards, Trust-Law Standard,Corporate-LAw Standard, california standard, real-Life ExamplesDutyof Due Care: Standards in Practice: Good Faith, reasonable Inquiry,Dure Diligence, Process Protections
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