Medical Economics March 5, 2024
Joint inquiry opens with request for information from those working in health care.
Federal regulators want to hear about how private equity investment is affecting health care.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced “a cross-government public inquiry into private-equity and other corporations’ increasing control over health care.” The federal regulators are seeking information about patient health, worker safety, quality of care and affordability for patients and taxpayers.
“When private equity firms buy out health care facilities only to slash staffing and cut quality, patients lose out,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said in the news release. “Through this inquiry the FTC will continue scrutinizing private equity...
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