A pedestrian walks past a boarded up Wine and Spirits store, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Upper Darby, Pa. The local hospital in the town, owned by a private equity firm, has shuttered its maternity ...
Private equity firms have increased their participation in the US health care system, raising questions about incentive alignment and downstream effects on patients. However, there is a lack of ...
Private equity firms appeared to target already successful hospitals, and after acquisition, reduce hospital assets for investor profit, according to two research letters. "That means that in 2 years ...
As private equity firms continue to increase their ownership stake in various health care sectors in the US, questions arise about potential impacts on the organization and delivery of care. Using a ...
Mr. Ballou is an attorney and the author of the forthcoming “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America,” from which this essay is adapted. “Private equity” is a term we’ve all heard but which, ...
A new study has unveiled the latest consequence of private-equity ownership on a hospital — more patient deaths in the emergency room. The analysis, done by researchers at Harvard Medical School, ...
Though there is always a profit motive when private investors acquire a company, private equity firms in the realm of health care should be viewed with skepticism. In this industry, the “product” at ...
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