Industry Trends

Health care costs, which account for about 20% of U.S. gross domestic production, are a major force in driving innovation in the field. And increasingly, provider organizations are exploring innovation investing as part of their strategy to transform operations, the American Hospital Association reports.

As private equity firms’ investment in the healthcare industry has grown exponentially over the last decade, government enforcement efforts targeting private equity investors have responded accordingly in recent years. Here’s what it means for private equity investors.

That’s according to a new survey from Kipu and Behavioral Health Business, which included answers from 164 clinical and administrative staff members, C-suite level executives and others about the changing landscape of the behavioral health industry.

The three are among a handful of hospitals that in the past year or so publicly announced their financial troubles. The state responded this spring with a $300 million interest-free loan program that can provide emergency funds

Many are already aware of the dangers of clicking a link in email messages; fewer people are aware of the dangers of clicking links in text messages. Users are much more trusting of text messages, so smishing is often lucrative to attackers phishing for credentials,

PE dealmaking for healthcare services companies slowed further in Q2 as some heavily leveraged platforms strain under the growing cost of debt and impending maturity walls. 

Further out, in the next two to five years, hospital leaders say they're planning more AI-powered initiatives around predictive analytics, decision support, guided treatment insights and more, according to a new Bain report.

New research forecasts a moderate compound annual growth rate of 10.2% for the global private equity market from 2023 to 2028 and singles out the tech and healthcare sectors as those with the most potential.

Continued financial headwinds are likely to force further consolidation in the sector.

Radiology revenues plummeted $4.6 million in 2023’s second quarter due to delays in mobile equipment delivery, along with the ongoing closure of a key imaging center in Port Charlotte, Florida.