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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a first-of-its-kind data project to track the insurgence of private equity ownership of our nation’s hospitals. The new PESP Private Equity Hospital Tracker provides a current and refreshed list of all private equity-owned hospitals…
PESP’s and United for Respect’s May Day action and Labor Rights platform were featured in an investigative piece by Truthout…
A new report by Moody’s Investors Service has found that healthcare companies in North America are increasingly facing credit rating downgrades and potential defaults, including 34 companies rated B3 negative or lower.[1] PESP has found that 30 of…
A new article by The Imprint dove into the abuse of children in residential treatment centers across the country—facilities that typically house foster children, youth on probation and teens placed by parents. Many…
The health care industry has increasingly been a target for private equity investment. This is despite the fact that private equity investment in health care companies carries substantial risk to patients, workers, and investors. Firms typically take controlling ownership stakes,…
United for Respect, Private Equity Stakeholder Project, and Americans for Financial Reform today announced that they had sent the below letter to Kohl’s Corporation’s (NYSE: KSS) Board of Directors and Investors. The groups urged the board and…
Kaiser Health News investigated reasons why there is such a shortage of beds available for South Carolina’s children in need of mental health support. A key reason was driven by the profit motive of private equity firms that own the…
Large private equity firms have continued to leave a major economic footprint in the healthcare industry. Since 2009, private equity investment in healthcare has outpaced the rate of private equity investments in general. According to data provider Pitchbook, investment in…
The health care industry has increasingly been a target for private equity investment. This is despite the fact that private equity investment in health care companies carries substantial risk to patients, workers, and investors. Firms typically take controlling ownership stakes,…
In a new report, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines private equity investment in a few key areas: the troubled teen industry, for-profit foster care, services for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), and autism services. See the…
In light of the growing investor interest in health care and the risks associated with private equity ownership of health care companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed health care acquisitions. Below is a list…
Private equity-backed companies comprised the majority of oil and gas producer bankruptcies in 2020. Of the companies that filed for bankruptcy last year, 57 percent are backed by private equity firms, or 26 of the 46 filings.[1] The high…
