Industry Trends

Santé Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, specializes in healthtech, medtech and biotech investments. 

Topping the list: The need for healthcare and treatment of patients will always exist and is not subject to market downturns. 

This interview is part of a McGuireWoods series featuring interviews with C-suite leadership of PE-backed portfolio companies.

In this podcast, Kaiser Health News looks into UnitedHelath Group and the obstacles antitrust regulators face in keeping up with its rapid growth.

While recent reports show signs of improving margins, they remain far below historical norms.

The mean operating profits for nonprofit hospitals grew from $43 million in 2012 to $58.6 million by 2019, while mean cash reserve balances increased from $133.3 million to $224.3 million, researchers found. However, spending on charity care actually dropped during that period.

Patient advocates and industry groups have warned against the lack of robust data on the safety and quality of alternate site chemotherapy infusions—particularly home infusion.

The practice management companies say they can bring economies of scale and special expertise to the nation’s NICUs, especially at smaller hospitals that perhaps couldn’t support a NICU on their own. Critics say the companies, particularly the ones owned by private equity firms, are focused on short-term gains.

Nearly half of cardiologists (47%) participating in the ACC survey expressed concerns about private equity ownership of cardiology practices having a negative impact.