Becker's Healthcare March 11, 2024
Private equity’s presence in healthcare is changing, and ASCs can benefit from knowing how the financial players operate.
The number of private equity deals in healthcare has dropped since 2021, which saw 1,114 deals. In 2022, there were 940 transactions, and in 2023 there were an estimated 788, according to a recent report from PitchBook.
In the ASC sector specifically, there were six private equity deals in 2023, compared to eight in 2022, the report said.
The report found that the number of private equity transactions decreased in the majority of specialties in 2023, with cardiology clinical trial sites being among the outliers. Cardiology in 2023 saw its highest number of...