Hospital due diligence key points: send legal due diligence checklist, on-site due diligence before coordination and communication.
1, send the legal due diligence checklist
First of all, you need to prepare the legal due diligence checklist based on the background of the medical institution to be due diligence provided by the acquirer. Generally speaking, the legal due diligence mainly focuses on the establishment and history of the medical institution, the organizer/shareholders, the qualification of the practice, the main assets, major contracts, debts and guarantees, personnel, disputes and disputes, etc.
The legal due diligence checklist should be prepared according to the background of the proposed medical institution provided by the acquirer.
On this basis, the acquirer may also add targeted questions to the legal due diligence checklist according to the characteristics of the medical institution and the needs of the acquisition project, such as whether the medical institution has financial support and tax exemptions, and whether there is any affiliation between the medical institution and its drug/equipment suppliers.
2. Coordination and communication before on-site due diligence
After issuing the legal due diligence checklist, it is necessary to communicate with the relevant person in charge of the medical institution in a timely manner on the checklist issued and the upcoming on-site due diligence to ensure that the other party understands the checklist correctly and prepares the supporting documents accordingly, and at the same time, communicates with the governmental departments on the on-site archiving and interviews in advance.
The above communication will also allow us to understand more about the specifics of the healthcare organization and help us to sort out the issues that need special attention during the on-site due diligence. Generally speaking, through the communication before the on-site due diligence and the basic certificates provided by the medical institution, the experienced lawyers can make a preliminary judgment on the basic situation of the medical institution, so as to have a clear idea of the difficulties and key points that the on-site due diligence may face.
Hospital Symbols:
The current four Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, formally recognize three types of field ambulance identifiers, namely, the Red Cross, Red Crescent, and the Red Lion and Sun. 1982, the Red Lion and Sun standard was abolished. Armed forces medical services, in the course of field service, the use of such markings to indicate the belonging of medical equipment, personnel, vehicles, etc., are protected by the Geneva Conventions and may not be attacked at will.
In 1998, China's Ministry of Health, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Ministry of Health of the General Logistics Department issued a joint document, starting with the symbol of the safflower and white cross as a unified symbol of China's medical and health institutions, by the white edge of the four safflower (red heart) around the composition of the white cross. Its meaning is: in the medical institutions to indicate the patient-centered, in other health institutions to protect and promote people's health as the center.