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Exclusive: Ambulatory Surgery Centers Accelerate as an Attractive Investment
Compared with other factors, the career stages among surgeons can make certain ASCs stand out as attractive targets for private-equity investment or acquisitions by other health companies, according to Joan Dentler, founder of Austin-based consulting firm Avanza Healthcare Strategies.
Cardiologists Skeptical of PE Benefits: Report
Nearly half of cardiologists (47%) participating in the ACC survey expressed concerns about private equity ownership of cardiology practices having a negative impact.
Five Months into 2023, Staffing Remains a Health Care Challenge
A new survey shows “overall, clinic staffing appears to be stabilizing after the past few years,” but support roles including nurses and medical assistants “remain in a downward trajectory.”
FFS Home Health Admissions Continue to Fall as Utilization Eclipses Pre-Pandemic Levels
Between Q2 of 2019 and 2022, annual Fee For Service admissions fell by 16.4%, on average. In that same time frame, FFS enrollment fell by 9.1%.
Abrupt Closure of Compass Medical Sends Shockwaves Through Struggling Mass. Healthcare System
Compass Medical, which has 80 physicians and serves 70,000 patients, said earlier this week that it would close its practices, effective immediately.
51% of Hospitals Plan to Join an Interoperability Network: Survey
More than half of those surveyed plan to join a health information exchange network such as the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a May 31 survey from the American Hospital Association found.
Penn Medicine Tests AI Chatbot ‘Penny’ to Improve Cancer Care
Penny uses text-based, bi-directional, conversational interactions to guide patients through potentially complex regimens and reduce potential mistakes they might make as they go through their courses of chemotherapy.
Rhode Island AG Rejects Application for Health System Sale
The rejection was for an initial application requesting approval for the Centurion Foundation to purchase CharterCare Health Partners from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, a 16-hospital system.
PE Investment in Plastic Surgery Practices: 5 Key Healthcare Regulatory Due Diligence Considerations
Morgan Lewis discusses key healthcare regulatory due diligence considerations for private equity firms approaching such an investment and for plastic surgery physician practices preparing for a future sale.
FTC’s Hospital Merger Oversight at Risk in Louisiana, HCA Fight
The FTC has tangled with COPA laws before, but it has never gone to court over the decades-old statutes even as more states adopt them.