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Hospital Tracker Methodology and Data Dictionary Methodology Our list is based on Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) list of all Medicare-enrolled hospitals, including acute care hospitals and specialty hospitals (long-term acute care, rehabilitation, children’s, psychiatric, and religious…
Progress Residential – the largest and one of the worst predatory corporate landlords in the South – has a track record of mistreating and exploiting vulnerable renters, according to a newly released report co-authored by the Private Equity…
Progress Residential – the largest and one of the worst predatory corporate landlords in the South – has a track record of mistreating and exploiting vulnerable renters, according to a newly released report co-authored by the Private Equity…
Letter signed by 15 organizations endorses ownership disclosure requirements for Medicare/Medicaid facilities On Wednesday, April 12, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) and Public Citizen submitted an endorsed comment letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project has launched a new report series titled “Tools for Tackling Corporate Landlords.” The series outlines state and local policy options for mitigating the negative impacts of institutional housing investment…
Some of private equity firm Blackstone’s largest investors have increased scrutiny of the private equity firm after Blackstone-owned slaughterhouse cleaning company Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI) in February paid a $1.5 million US Department of Labor (DOL) fine for “oppressive…
Industry publication The Chemical Engineer published a look into the greenlighting of a potentially climate-harming Sempra Infrastructure LNG project in Port Arthur, Texas. The Chemical Engineer April…
Last month, Washington Monthly published a story looking closely at safety net hospitals and the private equity firms that own these facilities. Washington Monthly March 24, 2023: Private Equity and Its Hospitals…
In early March, PESP researcher Michael Fenne participated in a panel discussion at the 2023 National Disability Rights Virtual Conference, hosted by the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). The panel title was “Using Access Authority to as a Tool…
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…
Sycamore Partners has ignored multiple messages since November 2022 from Private Equity Stakeholder Project and worker organizations requesting a meeting to discuss how they can improve conditions for the workers they employ and those in their supply chain.
See Fact Sheet here. A handful of private equity firms, drawing on capital from pension funds, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, and other institutional investors have invested heavily in companies providing services to prisons, jails, and detention facilities around the…
