At least 79 bills addressing private equity transactions and investor-backed ownership in healthcare have been introduced across 26 states in 2026 alone, according to a May analysis published in The ...

NFL team owners voted in 2024 to allow private equity, for the first time, to buy stakes in their teams. Yet, the NFL—with owners who know the private sector well—built 10 key guardrails that health ...

The largest doctors’ group in the U.S. also called for federal legislation to prevent corporate interference in healthcare.

Short of an outright ban on private equity, the new measure requires that hospitals assert control over clinical decisions.

A string of health-care bankruptcies has ignited a wave of public fury at financial dealmakers in the industry, prompting lawmakers in state houses around the country to draft tough new curbs. The ...

Hospitals owned or operated by private equity squeeze more profit from each patient, new research shows.

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Byers. We're recording on 02/19/2025. It's snowing here in Richmond, Virginia. We'll see how long that lasts, before this winter ...

Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would require additional transparency for private equity transactions in the health care industry. This expansion of an existing ...

Private equity hospitals may be pushing for faster discharges or truncating the home-transition period in the name of efficiency, which can lead to readmissions. In the study of nearly 350,000 cases, ...

An ICU nurse at a Boston hospital during a protest last year after Steward Health Care announced it would close the hospital. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Private ...

Here are three recent studies, policy updates and market trends that could affect healthcare private equity groups in the near future: 1. A Harvard University study published in JAMA found that ...

Private equity has a significant stake in many day-to-day services across the UK – including essentials such as elderly care and funerals ...