Scenario:

You are a member of the board of directors for Selfless Health, an integrated delivery system that includes an academic medical center, three community hospitals, a skilled nursing facility, and a home health agency. Selfless Health struggles to operate in the black, in fact any years where the system does not lose money is considered an achievement. The board has been approached by MMC (Massive Mega-Capital, a venture capital firm) with an offer to acquire the health system. The board chair has asked you to provide a summary analysis comparing nonprofit and for-profit health systems structures.

Your analysis need address the following topics, each topic needs to be supported with credible and/or scholarly evidence (in-text citations) throughout the submission:

• Benefits and Risks - Nonprofit and For-Profit Healthcare Systems Structures:
  • Explain benefits and risks of each healthcare system structures (nonprofit and for-profit).
  • Clearly identified and sufficiently evaluate the benefits and risks of each type.
• Superiority of Nonprofit and For-Profit Healthcare Systems Structures:
  • Describe of the superiority of either system structures (nonprofit and for-profit)?
  • Assess the superiority of each system structure by providing details on potential strengths, or superiority over one another, and include publications from the last five years, as part of the evidence, to validate your claims.
• Home State, Current State, or Past State Residence Applied to Scenario:
  • Determine if your home state (or current/past state residence) allows for-profit ownership of hospitals.
  • Describe your findings and apply them to the scenario.
• Present Your Recommendation for Selfless Health:
  • The recommendations and details must include the following:
    • Acquisition Positioning: Explain if the board should accept or reject the acquisition, include the details below, based on your recommendations:
      • Accept: If your recommendation is to accept the acquisition, include (a.) specific requirements and provisions for the terms of the acquisition; (b.) discuss why you are proposing these requirements and provisions; (c.) describe how these provisions and requirements could impact Selfless Health; and (d.) explain how this acquisition could be beneficial to the organization's financial situation.
      • Reject: If you recommendation is to reject the acquisition, include (a.) alternative solutions or alternative options for the board to consider; (b.) discuss why you are proposing these alternative solutions or options; (c.) describe the impact that these options could have on Selfless Health; and (d.) explain how these options could be beneficial to the organization's financial situation.