More private hospitals will face similar financial troubles and some will be forced to close. Here’s what this means for patients, the public system and the budget.

A hospital’s land and buildings are sold, often to a real estate investment trust (REIT), then leased back to the hospital.

After years of trying to improve his hospital in Riverton, Wyoming—first as a doctor, then as a board member and volunteer ...

A California-based private equity firm scoops up a 40-bed rehabilitation hospital that fully leased and can expand.

After the devastating implosion of Steward hospitals, state lawmakers tightened controls on the business of medicine. Yet ...

Medicare beneficiaries who undergo surgery in hospitals owned by private-equity investment funds are 42% more likely to die within the following 30 days than those getting the same operations in ...

PE ownership of psychiatric hospitals has increased, with lower staffing ratios suggesting potential for unsafe clinical care.