Assess whether integration costs were sandbagged in the CIM (bb4e4b)

Situation

QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' arrived with a CIM that omitted a material litigation for carve-out separation lead. That is a M&A Due Diligence People and Contracts decision on integration costs were sandbagged in a health-system acquiring a specialty practice.

Decision

Carve-out separation lead in a health-system acquiring a specialty practice must choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold using QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' after a CIM that omitted a material litigation.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Proceed now; QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' already has the discriminator after a CIM that omitted a material litigation.
• Keep Reprice in force until QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' is completed after a CIM that omitted a material litigation for carve-out separation lead.
• Treat QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' as Walk because both readings appear after a CIM that omitted a material litigation.
• Refuse a M&A Due Diligence close: carve-out separation lead does not have the page integration costs were sandbagged turns on in QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized'.

Analysis required

• Test whether a CIM that omitted a material litigation is a diligence gap, a price chip, or a walk-away.
• Separate a one-off add-back from a recurring earnings issue in QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized'.
• Map reps, earnout mechanics, and integration risk a health-system acquiring a specialty practice would inherit.
• For this M&A Due Diligence People and Contracts file, read QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' against a CIM that omitted a material litigation and write the one fact that would move integration costs were sandbagged for carve-out separation lead.

Recommendation

Choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold on this M&A Due Diligence / People and Contracts packet (QoE add-backs the seller marked 'normalized' after a CIM that omitted a material litigation). The follow-on People and Contracts action is what carve-out separation lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

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