Top PE Firms by Number of Physician Practice Deals

The combination of accelerating affordability challenges, access issues exacerbated by clinical-staff shortages and COVID-19, and limited population-wide progress on outcomes is ominous.

Alongside demonstrating a rise in popularity of hospital medicine among younger physicians, researchers said their data highlight the “vulnerability” of outpatient primary care as older physicians retire.

From health plans to retailers to incumbent health systems, consolidation is reshaping conventional norms in the industry.