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After reaching an agreement protecting workers’ right to organize a union at Blackstone-owned PSSI with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), The Blackstone Group should use the lessons from one…
In light of the growing 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…
In recent years autism services companies have been a particularly trendy target for private equity acquisitions, but sweeping closures and a large-scale bankruptcy at PE-owned autism services chains over the last month suggest that PE’s aggressive descent on the industry…
As Ares Management’s housing investments drive gentrification in Atlanta, Ares founder Tony Ressler contributes to controversial Cop City project Founded in 1997, Ares Management is a private equity firm that had $360 billion in assets…
On April 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (CMS 2442-P). The proposed changes would advance CMS’ efforts to improve access to care, quality, and…
A high-powered team of prisoner-rights lawyers is investigating the Monterey County Jail’s health care provider, Wellpath, due to a series of inmate deaths allegedly caused by contract violations. Wellpath is one of the largest providers of health care in U.S.
PESP healthare researcher Michael Finne and healthcare communications coordinator Matt Parr were guests in an episode of the podcast called Other SLPs’ Pockets hosted by Dr. Jeanette Benigas and Megan Berg. Michael and Matt spoke on the trends of privatee…
New report reveals the private equity investors behind a safety net hospital closure in Chicago Pipeline Health’s private equity owners remained in the shadows while Pipeline broke promises to regulators A new investigation by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP)…
Over the last several years, Platinum Equity and its founder Tom Gores have faced significant criticism for its ownership of prison and jail telecommunications company Securus (also called Aventiv Technologies) and the high rates it charges…
A new investigation by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) reveals, for the first time, the private equity (PE) owners of a healthcare company that broke promises to regulators when it moved to close a Chicago-area…
Recent report from CEPR examines private equity’s growth in the hospice industry and what this means for quality of care Read the report here: Preying on the Dying: Private Equity Gets Rich in Hospice Care A new report…
Progress Residential, the largest Single Family Rental company in the U.S. has extracted over $40 million in wealth from the North Minneapolis community, according to a new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder…
