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Escalating losses, with a further $150 million expected this year, and chronic underutilization with inpatient use typically at only 20 percent of capacity, have forced the issue.

Capital investment needs are also increasing as health systems continue to increase their ambulatory footprints, driving them to look for creative ways to execute projects by exploring all the financial levers they can pull.

Preparing the practice financially not only means having the books and records organized and in order but can be more broadly defined as maximizing the value of the practice to a potential acquirer.

Such programs often struggle to stay afloat because of staffing shortages and volatile funding.

Citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data and conversations with its rated nonprofit systems, the report highlights three and four consecutive months of decelerating year-over-year hourly earnings growth for the hospital and ambulatory sub-sectors.

How 12 specialties are expected to grow by 2032.

There’s a push and pull that exists in PE firm-agency relationships. It’s up to both sides to agree on a long-term strategy and to have an open dialogue throughout the process, before and after an investment.

Private equity is an incredibly broad term and under that umbrella there are a lot of different models. That is why it is incumbent on physician owners to ensure alignment of interests when considering a private equity partnership., writes orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Steven Topper.

This step is part of the hospital's ongoing efforts to manage its debt burden that existed before the COVID-19 era.

The 16-hospital system fell victim to a ransomware attack Aug. 3 that forced facilities to turn to paper records and emergency departments and other services to temporarily shutter.