The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Dear John,
A paper in the November issue of Health Affairs examines some of the impacts of private equity acquisitionon hospitals.
Private Equity Acquisition Of Hospitals
In a November paper focused on the business of health, Marcelo Cerullo and coauthors investigated changes in service-line provision in private
equity–acquired hospitals.
They determined that private equity acquisition of hospitals is associated with a higher probability of adding profitable hospital-based services, profitable technologies, and freestanding or satellite emergency departments.
“The results show a relationship between private equity acquisition and systematic changes in the central activity of hospitals: providing care,” the authors wrote.
They also found, “Private equity-acquired hospitals
were less likely to add or continue services that have unreliable revenue streams or that may face competition from nonprofit hospitals.”
You are invited to join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil tomorrow, Friday, December 3, 2021, for the next installment of our Policy Spotlight series, featuring Daniel Tsai, Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Please email your questions in advance to [email protected] and we will make every effort, in the limited time available, to have them addressed. First
priority will be given to topics relevant to the widest swath of the audience.
Date:Friday, December 3, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET) Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event.
Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewedjournalat
the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.
Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.
