Behavioral Health Business July 18, 2024
Robert Holly

As of late, the bulk of headlines about private equity in health care has been overwhelmingly negative.

This concept is not only reflected in recent federal probes examining PE’s role in health care and the general anti-PE comments from some lawmakers, but also in the eye-catching legislative actions that some states, such as California, are taking to discourage private investors from buying physician groups, senior care facilities and, yes, behavioral health businesses.

Yet the negative perception of PE in health care might just be, at least in part, misinformed.

“Considerable confusion about the scope and emphasis of PE’s current involvement in U.S. health care is circulating widely in news articles, white papers and even government missives,” investment research group PitchBook...

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