As lucrative ancillary services continue shift from hospitals to outpatient sites, hospitals are anxious to find ways to keep they’re hand in the mix.  Not surprisingly, physician-hospital joint ventures are all the rage.  While such ventures can be legally structured, the stakes of failing to comply with applicable legal requirements can be very high.  For important considerations in structuring joint ventures, see the following article in Physicians’ News Digest: Structuring Contractual Joint Ventures