• Research several hospitals of your choice and identify how many Board members are on the Board and their length of appointment.
• As Boards are prohibited from managing, discuss the major duty of a Board. By what mechanism does a board understand the status of the hospital financially and operationally?
• What did the Saberness-Oxley Act demand of Boards and why?
• What is D/O (Directors/Officers) insurance and why is it needed?

 

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