Becker's Healthcare August 14, 2024
Anesthesiology practices are facing a mounting provider shortage as reimbursements continue to decline, and many groups are looking to private equity for profitability.
Around 20% of anesthesia practices make up private equity physician practice buyouts, according to a study published in JAMA Network in February 2020. The study also found that 33% of anesthesiologists have been acquired by a private equity physician practice buyout.
Anesthesia practices are viewed as a promising investment by private equity because procedure volume has grown steadily for decades and anesthesia groups are “already more aggregated than other specialties,” according to a 2021 report from the American Society of Anesthesiologists journal, ASA Monitor.
Additionally, because anesthesia is administered more than 100 million times...
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