Private Equity

Private equity firms have spent more than a decade building physician practice management platforms in specialties such as cardiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology and ophthalmology. The playbook — acquiring a platform practice, adding on regional practices, then exiting within three to five…

At least 25 states have proposed or enacted laws restricting private equity’s involvement in healthcare, according to an Aug. 25 report from Stateline.  The regulatory push appears to be having an effect, with the number of private equity-involved healthcare deals…

Statehouses are expected to pick back up private equity oversight in 2027 as most 2026 bills that stalled didn’t fail on the merits, they simply ran out of time before session ended.  Bills that died in committee or fell out…

The Justice Department’s decision to decline prosecution of Hamilton, N.J.-based Campus Eye Management Holdings, while separately indicting its founder, turned a spotlight on a corporate structure that has become the default architecture for private equity-backed provider roll-ups.  That case ran…

Private equity is already deeply embedded in ASC ownership, with physician-investor platforms, national chains and health-system joint ventures relying on PE capital to fund growth and buyouts.  A new Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms report on one firm’s…

A study published Aug. 3 in Science Direct found that five outpatient procedures showed diverging volume trends after physician practices were acquired by private equity firms, while overall office visit volumes were largely unaffected. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh…

Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System will partner with Sound Physicians for hospitalist services, effective Sept. 1, The Fresno Bee reported July 17. It is not immediately clear how many physicians will be affected by the change. A Community Health System…

Private equity’s footprint in physician practices has expanded sharply over the past decade, but the debate over its consequences has often generated more heat than clarity.  A pair of recent analyses — a Commonwealth Fund feature published in April and…

Private equity groups have solidified their position as stakeholders in healthcare as investments continue to grow in both size and scope.  Between 2018 and 2022, global health care investments reached $446 billion, and in 2024 alone, global healthcare deal values…

A California state appellate court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by a fertility practice physician who said a private equity-backed management services organization fired him after he refused to dismiss an employee physician. According to the…