Becker's Healthcare February 19, 2025
Private equity ownership of medical groups likely connects to higher rates of physician turnover according to a study published in JAMA Feb. 14.
Here are five things to know about the study:
1. Harvard University researchers used CMS data from December 2014 to December 2020, specifically evaluating employment changes for physicians at PE-exiting practices sold between Jan. 1, 2016, and Dec. 31, 2018. They compared this data with physicians in practices not sold by PE owners but within the same specialty, region, practice size and time period.
2. Of the 1,215 physicians included in the study, those in PE-exiting practices were 16.5 percentage points less likely to continue working in that practice 2 years after exit...
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