Becker's Healthcare October 14, 2024
Healthcare has been a focus of private-equity investment for years, driving consolidation throughout the industry.
However, PE activity in healthcare has shown some signs of slowing in recent years. According to a recent market analysis report from Pitchbook, healthcare specialist funds have not seen the peak returns they experienced from 2012 to 2014, and exit activity in the industry has slowed. PE firms also recorded notably fewer acquisitions in 2023 compared to recent years, with 788 recorded transactions, compared to 940 in 2022 and 1,114 in 2021.
Physician groups were also a major target of PE investment in 2021 when buying boomed at 317 recorded acquisitions.
But some predict that the relative slowdown of PE activity in the...
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