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Next Wave of Home-Based Care PE Activity Could Shape Market for Years
The decisions those firms make – while entering or exiting – will have a lasting impact.
No Clear Link Between Hospital Market Control and Postoperative Patient Outcomes, Study Finds
Recent study data suggest hospitals in more competitive healthcare markets do not demonstrate clear post-surgery outcome improvements across several high-risk procedures — a thorn in the side of those advocating for policies limiting hospital consolidation on the grounds of reduced care quality.
Private Equity: Acquisitions, Exits and the Future
Disclosed prices total more than $17.1 billion across 21 deals, since the start of the year.
California Grants Laguna Honda Hospital Medicaid Recertification
The hospital applied for a third extension in May to recertify and delay transferring patients. CMS decertified the facility in April 2022. Originally set to close Sept. 13, the closure deadline was extended after nine patients died upon transfer to another facility.
CMS Requests Applications for New Primary Care Payment Model
The new model will particularly focus on primary care clinicians in rural and underserved communities and is set to run from July 2024 to December 2034.
Hospital-at-Home: How Healthcare Companies are Investing in This Growing Space
More health systems and healthcare companies are continuing to invest in hospital-at-home programs, with Mass General Brigham and MedArrive both announcing new investments in the hospital-at-home space this month.
PE Healthcare Deals are Declining
According to PitchBook, around 164 deals were either recorded or announced last quarter — a 23% decline compared to the first quarter of the year and the sixth straight quarter of declining deals.
Promising Better, Cheaper Care, Kaiser Permanente’s National Expansion Faces Wide Skepticism
As regulators review Kaiser Permanente’s proposed acquisition of a respected health system based in Pennsylvania, healthcare experts are still puzzling over how the surprise deal, announced in April, could fulfill the managed care giant’s promise of improving care and reducing costs.
Medicaid Coverage for Substance Abuse Treatment has Improved
Coverage for SUD treatment and opioid use disorder (OUD) medications increased substantially over the study period, which ran from 2014 to 2021.
NC Clinics Run by Martin General Hospital to Close if New Owners Not Found
The Williamston, NC, hospital shut down Aug. 3 and said at the time that while the hospital was closing, its clinics would remain open. News reports says the clinics will close in October if not sold.