Becker's Healthcare January 17, 2025
The harmful effects of private equity in the healthcare delivery system “deserves ongoing scrutiny and greater research,” HHS said in a Jan. 15 report.
The report stems from a March 2024 request for information into how healthcare market transactions by health systems, insurers, private equity, and other investors may drive consolidation, harm patient care and affordability, endanger workers and burden taxpayers.
More than 2,000 comments were submitted from patients, physicians, health systems, insurers, industry associations, labor unions, and academic researchers. The report was prepared in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department.
HHS said one of the key findings from its request for information was the volume of comments and criticism targeting private equity deals....
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