Physician Practice Mergers and Acquisitions – Trends in the Health Care Industry
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As government scrutiny of the healthcare industry intensifies, enforcement agencies are casting wider nets to recover funds based on narrowly interpreted violations. This puts not only healthcare providers but also those...more
Private equity (PE) investment in the U.S. healthcare sector faces a complex and evolving regulatory and legislative landscape. Both federal and state authorities are intensifying scrutiny of PE investment, driven by concerns...more
Moving into 2025, the dental industry faces a series of transformative shifts driven by evolving patient expectations, the rise of Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) and persistent operational challenges. The industry will...more
In the second quarter, federal and state antitrust enforcers continued their intense scrutiny of consolidation in the healthcare market by implementing new initiatives and laws designed to gather additional information...more
The FTC’s recent campaign against private equity roll-ups hit a stumbling block on May 13 as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas tossed out the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust claims...more
In Federal Trade Commission v. U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. et al., a federal district court granted private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe's motion to dismiss it from the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC)...more
During the past year, a number of states have enacted antitrust legislation relating to healthcare entities, which, once effective, will implement a dedicated health care transaction review process by relevant state agencies....more
The value of private equity (PE) deals in the healthcare sector has grown from <$2B in 2001 to $151 billion in deals in 2021. Barring government intervention, PE in healthcare is here to stay....more
In recent years, private equity firms and retail giants like CVS and Walmart have acquired many physician practices and physician practice management organizations across the country. As healthcare has become increasingly...more
At the end of September, the Federal Trade Commission sued a private equity firm, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (USAP), an anesthesia service provider in Texas, alleging that USAP and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Sept. 21, 2023, sued a private equity firm in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas over an alleged decade-long "roll-up" strategy to consolidate anesthesiology...more
Backing up its recent rhetoric, the FTC has filed suit against a private equity firm based on a “roll-up scheme” in the healthcare space. The FTC filed its complaint in federal district court in Texas, alleging that Welsh,...more
More than 23 million American households — nearly 1 in 5 nationwide — adopted a pet during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). The increasing rates of pet...more
Physician consolidation continued on a robust pace this past year, despite, or maybe because of, the Pandemic. Physician-owned orthopedic practices appear to be no exception to this trend. Interestingly, orthopedic...more
The healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) sector remained particularly active throughout 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, deal activity was very strong in the first half of the year — with notable transactions including...more
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the third annual European Healthcare Private Equity Symposium will be conducted as a five-part webinar series, taking place over five weeks in a virtual tour across several European...more