Becker's Healthcare November 18, 2022
Here are six private equity updates since Oct. 6 ASC leaders need to know:
- Private equity groups invested about $1 trillion into nearly 8,000 healthcare transactions in the past decade, according to a recent report. Some experts are pushing for more scrutiny of its increasing influence on the industry amid concern it may be causing higher medical bills and diminished quality of care.
- Global healthcare company Novartis is in the early stages of preparing to sell its ophthalmology business. The sale of the ophthalmology business alone could earn the company around $5 billion, and private equity firms are already studying the business....