New research, focused on 19 of the 25 largest U.S. private equity-leveraged buyout families, argues private equity is riskier than the publicly traded funds in which defined contribution plans ...

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals, according to research published this week in Annals ...

A study by Harvard Medical School with the universities of Pittsburgh and Chicago found that patient death rates increased in the emergency of US hospitals acquired by private equity firms. At a time ...

Private equity firms have acquired more than 500 autism therapy centers across the U.S. over the past decade, with nearly 80% of those acquisitions occurring over a four-year span, according to a new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ge Bai is professor of accounting & health policy at Johns Hopkins. They found no evidence that private equity-acquired hospitals ...

A recent nationwide study has uncovered troubling trends in patient mortality rates within U.S. hospitals acquired by private equity firms. Conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School, the ...

Compared to their peers, hospitals acquired by private equity reduced salary spending, cut staffing levels and experienced higher mortality rates within their emergency departments, according to a ...

Patient deaths have been found to increase in U.S. hospitals after being acquired by private equity firms, according to one study. The death rates rose in the emergency departments of these hospitals, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Just under 25% of apartments in Tampa are owned by private equity firms, according to the non-profit watchdog Private Equity Stakeholder Project, which studies the industry. In ...