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Private Equity Healthcare Acquisitions – May 2026

In light of continued investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare buyouts,…

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Oregon and California put corporate medicine to the test

Enforcing bans on corporate medicine in Oregon and California Oregon’s new corporate practice of medicine law faced a direct test this spring when not-for-profit healthcare system PeaceHealth proposed replacing a long-standing local emergency physician group with a new emergency medicine…

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Nonprofit joint ventures: PE’s next healthcare expansion strategy

Nonprofit joint ventures emerge as private equity’s next healthcare expansion strategy PESP research documents hundreds of nonprofit-private equity joint ventures and raises questions about whether existing federal and state oversight frameworks are keeping pace with complex healthcare partnership structures. Chicago,…

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Private equity’s joint venture takeover of nonprofit healthcare

Behind nonprofit partnerships, private equity firms are building a growing footprint across hospitals, hospice, rehabilitation, and outpatient care. Over the past decade, private equity has dramatically expanded its presence across the healthcare system. While much of the public…

News and blog

Private Equity Healthcare Acquisitions – April 2026

In light of continued investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare buyouts,…

News and blog

Another incredible year for PESP

We’re proud to share the Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s latest Impact Report. Private equity and other private funds have grown substantially in recent years and now control over $24 trillion in assets…

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Investors continue retreat from private markets

Investors continue retreat from private markets in 2026, underperformance persists Public pension funds have continued to scale back their exposure to private equity in 2026, a trend responding to the asset class’s anemic returns and weakening economic outlook overall.

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IL advances new oversight of private equity in healthcare

PESP testimony and research informed legislation addressing healthcare transactions and private equity ownership in developmental disability services SPRINGFIELD, IL — Two major Illinois measures aimed at increasing oversight of private equity’s growing role in healthcare and disability services…

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