Becker's Healthcare May 16, 2024
Private equity’s interest in healthcare has boomed in recent years, and it remained a formidable force in the industry in 2023.
Though the number of private equity mergers and acquisitions in healthcare declined slightly from 940 deals in 2022 to about 788 in 2023, private equity firms are still interested in the healthcare sector, according to VMG Health’s “M&A Report” for 2024.
Here are 10 things ASC leaders should know about private equity’s role in healthcare:
1. Physicians are not fans of private equity. According to a survey published in JAMA Network Internal Medicine, more than 60% of physicians have a negative opinion of private equity’s role in healthcare. Just 10.5% of physicians said they view private equity as...