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Introduction A new bill bringing greater oversight to hospital deals is under consideration in the New Mexico state legislature. On February 13, Senate Bill 14, “The Health Care Consolidation and Transparency Act,” headed out of the Senate Health and Public…
According to a new Sierra Magazine piece, President Donald Trump is promising that a massive expansion of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will lower gas prices and boost the American economy. But recent research suggests…
PESP has studied the impacts of private equity investment in key healthcare sectors, including: Hospitals See our 2021 and 2024 reports on Apollo Global Management’s hospital systems, Lifepoint Health and ScionHealth. See our reports on private equity-owned…
PESP has written about the practice of taking debt-funded dividends from healthcare companies; private equity’s role in medical debt creation & collection; and the relationship of private equity ownership to Medicare & Medicaid fraud. PESP also tracks…
As Bridgepoint-owned Energy Capital Partners moves forward with purchasing the 50 year old General James M. Gavin Power Plant, investors should be aware of multi-state, ongoing negative health impacts associated with the coal plant. Modeling…
Overview In light of private equity’s continued interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) tracks private equity-backed healthcare deals each month and produces an annual report exploring…
Report finds PE activity in healthcare sector high, despite increasing regulatory scrutiny and high interest rates The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) has released its latest report on healthcare acquisitions, providing an in-depth analysis of private equity…
New report exposes the tax loopholes fueling private equity’s predatory business model Washington, D.C.—Today, a comprehensive, joint report published by Americans for Tax Fairness, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund exposes the…
How ‘Vulture Investors’ Get Rich Wrecking Companies, Killing Jobs, Endangering the Vulnerable & Spoiling the Environment–And Our Tax Code Helps Them Do It Private equity (PE) firms use money raised from wealthy individuals and institutional investors…
The private equity firm Pretium Partners, which owns single family rental landlord Progress Residential, recently sold 345 single-family homes in Minneapolis-St. Paul to two non-profits that have committed not to displace current residents…
➡️ Key Points ➡️ Introduction ➡️ Bankruptcy Tracker ➡️ Methods ➡️ The Human Cost of Private Equity Bankruptcies ➡️ Investor Outcomes in Bankruptcy Cases ➡️ Distressed Exchanges as a Response to Private Equity Debt Burdens ➡️ Implications of Private Equity Bankruptcies ➡️ Citations
Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health, a 92-bed behavioral health hospital in Johnston, CO, has announced that it will permanently close and lay off all 158 employees. The hospital had made headlines in 2023 when state regulators found patient safety…
