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Exclusive: Can Robotic Surgery Put Hospitals Back in the Black?
Medical facilities that invest in robotic surgical equipment gain a competitive advantage over hospitals lacking the cutting-edge technology. Patients seeking robotic surgery would be highly attracted to facilities offering those services.
$5.4B LHC Group-Optum Deal Closes
The Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group delivers home health, hospice and home- and community-based services, as well as facility-based care, across 37 states and the District of Columbia. It employs about 30,000 individuals.
Apollo, HPS Pile into Record $5.5B Private Credit Deal
Blackstone along with multiple other lenders, is also expected to participate in the financing for Carlyle Group' Inc.’s 's acquisition of half the company currently owned by Veritas Capital.
Exclusive: CFO Strategy in 2023
According to the 2023 BDO Healthcare CFO Outlook Survey, another major M&A driver this year is expanding into a new market segment, a trend driven mostly by outpatient facilities and ASCs, with 40% citing it as their top goal.
Artificial Intelligence Could Save Healthcare Industry $360B a Year
The buzz around AI has increased as the ChatGPT model takes the internet by storm. It’s no different in healthcare.
Exclusive: AMA Raises Concerns About PE’s Growing Role in Residency Training
The goal of the resolution, adopted by the AMA’s house of delegates at its interim meeting, is to protect residents whose training hospital has been acquired by a private equity firm. The AMA, whose 2022 membership neared 272,000 physicians nationwide, wants to ensure residents will not lose any benefits they enjoyed and relied upon with the hospital prior to its acquisition, including funding.
Investing in the New Era of Value-Based Care
Value-based care has evolved into a healthcare landscape of its own, with a wide range of organizations contributing to systematic changes that improve quality of care and outcomes while better controlling costs.
Learnings from Recent Physician Practice PE Transactions
Physician practice recapitalization deals appear particularly robust.
Exclusive: Imminent 2023 Medicare Cuts Threaten Senior Health Care and Risk Closing Surgical Practices, Experts Say
An effective 8.5% cut in Medicare payments to doctors could curb senior Americans’ access to procedures such as cataract surgery, doctors and other medical experts say. It could also force physicians to choose between hiring trained staff or purchasing expensive equipment, and eventually, surgical facilities could close.
Exclusive: Is Patient Loyalty a Thing of the Past?
A survey reveals that nearly 80% of patients will overwhelmingly change their medical provider if another offers simpler methods of communication.