Private equity money has been flowing readily into healthcare in recent years, and radiology is no exception. But what will be the long-term impact of this investment, and how will it change the specialty? Evidence indicates major changes are already underway, reports AuntMinnie.com.
The value of private equity acquisitions in healthcare climbed from $42 billion in 2010 to nearly $120 billion in 2019, for a total of $750 billion over the last decade, with outpatient practices taking the lion’s share, according to a report by economist Richard Scheffler for the American Antitrust Institute and the University of Berkeley School of Public Health. Read more.