Private equity and healthcare: Renewed questions amid mounting scrutiny
Becker's Healthcare October 6, 2024
For the past decade, private equity firms have invested more than $1 trillion into U.S. healthcare. This meteoric rise in corporate investing in healthcare over the past 10 years may now be hitting its first real speed bump.
Last year brought a decline in private equity deals in healthcare for the second year in a row — down 16% from the year before. According to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, this is partly due to broad economic challenges and staffing shortages. But mostly, according to industry experts, private equity firms are facing increased scrutiny from state and federal regulators.
The recent collapse of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, backed by private equity, has brought even more attention to the...