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"The Affiliation of Swedish Medical Center and Minor & James Medical: A New Approach to Physician-Hospital Affiliations," American Health Lawyers Association

March 2010
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"In September 2009, Minor & James Medical Professional Limited Liability Company (MJM), a large multi-specialty physician group with its main clinic in Seattle, WA, consummated an affiliation transaction with Swedish Medical Center (Swedish), a large, Seattle-based nonprofit healthcare system with three hospitals and more than 100 employed physicians, that was unique in the Seattle market and that may serve as a model for other affiliations between hospitals and physician groups nationally. A departure from the common physician-hospital affiliation models, the Swedish-MJM transaction permitted Swedish to make a significant capital investment in MJM while allowing MJM’s physician members to retain a meaningful equity interest in the practice and control over its clinical affairs."

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