Private Equity

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…

The U.S. pain management market is projected to grow from $44.5 billion in 2024 to $53.6 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate of 3.1%, according to data cited by PE Hub in a May 22 report. The…

Private equity has become a seemingly permanent fixture in the U.S. healthcare system, with investments topping $1 trillion over the last 10 years.  As private equity investments have expanded, so has “a body of literature questioning its implications for the…

As healthcare organizations face mounting financial and operational strain, efficiency has shifted from a long-term goal to an immediate imperative. During an episode of the Becker’s Private Equity & Business Podcast, Srinivas Velamoor, CEO of NextGen Healthcare, joined Scott Becker…