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Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, a top contender in the 1st Congressional District race, is being scrutinized for her previous support of a healthcare transaction that potentially endangered the future of two local hospitals, according to…
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) announced that in the last few weeks, hundreds of Packers Sanitation (PSSI) workers that clean meatpacking and food processing plants across the country have joined the UFCW. The union has reached an…
CalMatters reported how two years ago, “Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures.” CalMatters,…
PESP healthcare director Eileen O’Grady has been invited as a featured speaker at this year’s Aspen Ideas: Health conference, a multi-day event in Colorado tackling the biggest challenges in health, medicine, and science. O’Grady…
Rubenstein to leave Harvard Corp, following calls by advocates and community groups for him to resign over massive fossil fuel investments The Carlyle Group’s co-founder, billionaire David Rubenstein will step down from the Harvard Corporation’s board with six years remaining…
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…
Politicians in Ohio’s General Assembly are seeking to challenge corporate landlord consolidation and give Ohioans a better shot at affordable housing with new legislation. Introduced in the Ohio’s Senate Ways and Means Committee in March by Sen. Lou W. Blessing,…
Along with new reports on the climate risks private equity firms pose with their fossil fuels investments, PESP strives to be a resource to institutional investors whose capital is used to fund these energy acquisitions. The Private Equity Climate…
Private equity firm TA Associates has entered into a definitive agreement to invest in revenue cycle management (RCM) company Alpha II. Alpha II specializes in RCM and offers a unique rules engine that detects coding errors, leading to accurate reimbursement…
On May 15, 2023, KKR-owned Envision Healthcare filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[1] Looking at the Chief Transformation Officer’s declaration filed concurrently with Envision’s bankruptcy petition, one might think that Envision was an underdog up against the Goliathan COVID-19…
A recent investigation by Vice looks at how “large corporate landlords—including private equity, real estate investment trusts and hedge funds” have begun to “put more resources into multifamily and single family homes” since the 2008 real estate crash and the…
Since December 2022, Atlanta-area officials have charged 42 people with domestic terrorism for protesting the construction of Cop City, a police training facility that would sit on 85 acres…
