Pros
Gives a very structured environment for a new manager.
Cons
Poor communication between home office and hospitals, and the corporate support staff is nearly uniformly abysmal. Large portions of the workday are spent following up on A/P, vendor relations, and other tasks performed poorly by home office staff. It was not atypical to have vendors deny services for nonpayment on accounts three to five months overdue. It's hard to run a hospital when you can't order medical supplies. As a publically owned company, maximization of profit takes a front seat to quality of medicine. Not that you can't find good doctors within the system, but constraints on staffing and budget make it difficult to take care of clients and patients as well as one would like.