{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health Affairs This Week","title":"When a Hospital Chain Goes Nonprofit: Quorum's Conversion Explained | Stat News' Tara Bannow","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dd74d3ff\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":877,"description":"Health Affairs Publishing's Jeff Byers welcomes Tara Bannow of Stat News to the program to discuss Quorum Health’s proposed transition from a for-profit to nonprofit hospital system, including the operational, financial, and policy implications of the move.\n\nThe discussion explores Quorum’s history of debt and restructuring, where CHS fits into the story, the financial advantages of nonprofit status, and whether similar transitions could become a pathway for struggling investor-owned health care organizations.\nRelated Links:\nA private equity-owned hospital chain is becoming a nonprofit. Is it just a bailout for investors? (STAT)\nWill the Rural Health Transformation Fund Deliver? (Health Affairs This Week)\nSign up for Health Affairs' free newsletter to catch up on our new articles, podcasts, and events.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1yTEmrg3NcfwPvygDcOosqdCKJnotdzHk5P0Oq8y-us/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE2NjA3LzE2MDY4/MzkyNjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}