Becker's Healthcare January 27, 2023
Private equity healthcare deals were down in 2022 but still had their second-biggest year on record, according to a Jan. 10 Bain & Co. report. The industry has an estimated $1.78 trillion lined up for potential investments in 2023, a 35 percent increase over September 2021.
A new Private Equity Stakeholder Project report provides a deep dive into the private equity industry’s rural healthcare incursion. It examines private equity’s level of investment in rural health and explores case studies highlighting the risks posed by private equity-owned companies in multiple sectors of rural healthcare.
By creating separate hospital management companies, private equity firms are creating new avenues to reap profits from both nonprofit and public healthcare providers, entities that historically would...