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CBS News : “What they’ve done is extremely evil”
CBS News, Dec 6, 2022: “What they’ve done is extremely evil”: Pennsylvania hospital shutdown spurs questions about private equity in health care CBS News recently investigated the…
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CBS News, Dec 6, 2022: “What they’ve done is extremely evil”: Pennsylvania hospital shutdown spurs questions about private equity in health care CBS News recently investigated the…
STAT News recently investigated private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and their business practices in the healthcare industry. The article highlighted Welsh Carson’s involvement in multiple fraud investigations and a business trend of prioritizing…
A new report, “Profiting in Crisis: Exploring Private Equity’s Investments in Travel Nursing Amidst a Critical Nursing Shortage and a Pandemic,” authored by PESP researcher Mary Bugbee is seeing coverage in multiple medical…
KHN, Sick profit: Investigating private equity’s stealthy takeover of health care KHN recently investigate the growing influence of private equity in the healthcare industry. “Private equity is rapidly moving to reshape health care in…
PESP healthcare researcher Eileen O’Grady was featured in a story about Prospect Medical Holdings by Philadelphia PBS affiliate WHYY. Prospect Medical Holdings is currently being scrutinized as it…
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…
A new issue brief by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project was recently featured in a piece by MedCity News on the impact of private equity’s expanding presence in the urgent care industry as well as its rapid consolidation. MedCity News…
Kaiser Health News (KHN) reported how from 2010 to 2019, there was a large increase in private equity companies buying up nursing homes, along with other investments in healthcare – anywhere from 5% to 11% of nursing homes nationwide.
Demand for mental health services is rising as more people deal with pandemic-related challenges, “making the sector ripe for investment.” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that “Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of dollars into mental-health…
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…
Crain’s explored how a “big Chicago-area doctor’s group and its private-equity backers are squaring off with a downstate hospital in a fight with potentially big implications for Illinois’ health care industry.” Crain’s Chicago Business, April 11, 2022: Hospital brawl…
Stat reported how it is essential to closely monitor potential fraud by private equity firms that are “further encroach[ing] upon the health care industry” so that “patients’ best interests are protected and prioritized.” Stat, March 24, 2022: Private equity,…