Private equity ownership, though deserving some regulatory changes to level the playing field, is not the real issue, says ...

The town of Kimball was once home to the nation’s largest privately owned African American hospital. After taking over a different hospital in Kimball, Dr. Henry Dismukes was tasked with building an ...

Private equity hospital acquisitions in the US were associated with declines in patient care experience, particularly in ...

Patient-reported care experiences significantly worsened after private equity acquisition of hospitals in the United States, according to study results recently published in JAMA. These findings ...

What makes the guidelines issued by NYU Langone and NYC Health + Hospitals especially foreboding is that both memos directly contravene recent guidance.

The city’s public hospital system quietly issued guidance to staff warning them against helping undocumented patients avoid ...

If Bay Area were to close, patients would have to drive two hours over the Coast Range to Eugene for equivalent care. On top ...

Wadhera, Bhatla and colleagues identified 73 US hospitals newly acquired by private equity firms and 293 matched control (non-acquired) US hospitals from 2008 to 2019. Investigators analyzed ...

After private equity firms acquire hospitals, the patient care experience starts to suffer, according to US survey data. The proportions of patients who gave a hospital a top rating or said they would ...