Michigan State Medical Society February 7, 2022
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Retail medicine and private equity are important drivers of primary care delivery in the U.S., and they are poised to become even more so. Corporate entities have always been involved in health care, but now mega corporations—from outside the medical space—are entering the field. The involvement of these large non-legacy corporate entities in health care is growing and is challenging—and while this trend brings some benefits, it will also impact how all clinicians provide health care.
In a single quarter of 2021, private equity firms acquired $126 billion in medical practices. And these private equity firms, formerly mostly interested in specialty practices,...