IRS rules against 'shell' joint entities. (nonprofit hospital companies...

Modern Healthcare;  October 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ......under the federal tax codes, hospital joint operating companies must be more than just shell...the IRS says the activities of a joint operating company must be significantly linked...hospital mergers through the creation of joint operating companies. Joint operating ...

Ohio hospital JOA gets IRS thumbs-up.(joint operating agreement)

Modern Healthcare;  November 18, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Cincinnati has become the first hospital joint operating company to receive a favorable tax...criteria that not-for-profit hospitals in joint operating agreements must meet to keep their...not-for-profit hospitals to form a joint operating company that would run their facilities...

ANALYSTS SAY LARGER PAPER AT BIG ADVANTAGE.(Business)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......There are still a sizable number of joint operating agreements around, and they are accomplishing...Detroit News, which has been in a joint operating agreement with the Detroit Free Press...and Knight-Ridder Inc., entered a joint operating agreement in 1983, when the P-I was...

Newspaper JOA in Cincinnati Will Not be Renewed After 2007; Gannett...

PR Newswire;  January 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The newspaper joint operating agreement, or JOA, that has enabled...Cincinnati Enquirer -- that the joint operating agreement will not be extended...morning Enquirer under terms of the joint operating agreement, which was signed Sept...

Troubles for JOAs ;Judge accuses hospitals of using joint operating deals...

Modern Healthcare;  April 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......motivation of hospitals that enter into joint operating agreements that bolster their marketshare...Poughkeepsie, N.Y., used their 8-year-old joint operating company to illegally fix prices and...Brothers Hospital--in 1992 formed a joint operating company called Mid-Hudson Health...

Joint operating agreement gets IRS nod. (non-profit hospital systems that...

Modern Healthcare;  June 17, 1996 ;     544 words ...The creation of a joint operating company by two not-for-profit...the second regarding hospital joint operating agreements, which are becoming...hospital market consolidation. The joint operating concept is so fluid right now...

N.Y. HOSPITALS BEGIN SETTLEMENT TALKS

Modern Healthcare;  August 3, 1998 ;     389 words ......attorney general, who alleged their joint operating agreement is little more than a price-fixi...hospitals agreeing to restructure their joint operating company and how it deals with payers...angling to restructure their 6-year-old joint operating agreement, in the hopes of staving...

Denver Newspaper Agency, Unions Agree to Seven-Year Collective Bargaining...

PR Newswire;  July 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Unions Urge Prompt Approval of Joint Operating Agreement DENVER, July 10 /PRNewswire...the implementation of the proposed joint operating agreement between the Denver Rocky...Attorney General to promptly approve the joint operating agreement proposed by The E.W. Scripps...

N.Y. alliance may have to break up.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...

Modern Healthcare;  June 26, 2000 ;     554 words ......forced to dissolve their 8-year-old joint operating company as punishment for using the...hospitals will pay for using their joint operating company to engage in anti-competitive...hospitals that have used the popular joint operating model to consolidate their institutions...

Detroit Paper May Be Shut Without Pact, Owner Says

The Washington Post;  August 13, 1987 ;     378 words ......Department rejects a cost-cutting joint operating agreement with The Detroit News. Since...Department hearings on a proposed joint operating agreement. Without the requested limited...of the News, announced the proposed joint operating agreement, saying the Free Press was...

Pac-West Telecomm, Sentient Sign Joint Operating Agreement

Wireless News;  December 30, 2003 ;     181 words ......12-30-2003 Pac-West Telecomm, Sentient Sign Joint Operating Agreement WIRELESS NEWS-30 December 2003-Pac-West Telecomm, Sentient Sign Joint Operating Agreement (C)2003 10Meters - http...in the western U.S., has signed a joint operating agreement this month with Sentient...

Knight-Ridder Executive Denies Ulterior Motive in Marketing Push

The Washington Post;  August 14, 1987 ;     416 words ......the strategy was aimed at reaching a joint operating agreement with the rival newspaper...the negotiating table receptive to a joint operating agency on terms Knight-Ridder would...has not denied that he regarded a joint operating agreement as a possible means of keeping...

Paper Awaiting Meese Decision Hires His Ex-Adviser

The Washington Post;  January 21, 1988 ;     479 words ......newspapers will be allowed to enter into a joint operating agreement that would keep both papers...and consulting firm to promote the joint operating agreement (JOA) for Knight-Ridder...mid-February. Federal regulations on joint operating agreements provide that "the record...

The joint appeal; Froedtert, Columbia St. Mary's in Milwaukee choose joint...

Modern Healthcare;  January 21, 2008 ;     694 words ......an organization together spotlights joint operating agreements, which experts have described...Progressive Health, the result of a joint operating agreement that includes separate borrowing...p. 22.) A resurgence in the use of joint operating agreements has been going on for some...

Papers to stay intact: Daily Mail, Gazette rework agreement on operations

Charleston Daily Mail;  May 11, 2004 ;     574 words ......assuming majority control of the joint operating agreement that includes the Charleston...Daily Gazette Co., its partner in the joint operating agreement. An entity controlled by...the Daily Mail under a restructured joint operating agreement, according to the company...