Becker's Healthcare February 23, 2023
Private equity’s interest in ASCs and physicians over the last decade has helped spur a migration of procedures to the outpatient setting, and cardiology could be the next target.
“2023 is going to be an interesting year for ASCs. On one hand, the financial climate of high interest rates can potentially limit the borrowing power of firms, which can present capital challenges,” Neal Kaushal, MD, chief of gastroenterology and chair of the department of medicine at Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health, told Becker’s. “On the other hand, private equity has gained such a strong foothold in this area that I do not see this slowing down anytime soon, despite short-term economic changes in the markets.”
Private equity’s footprint in healthcare...