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From: Anne Lynn Wheeler
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:18
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 03:18
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Anne & Lynn Wheeler <ly...@garlic.com> writes: > Private Equity Flouts State Regulations by Buying Medical Practices > https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/08/private-equity-flouts-state-regulations-buying-medical-practices.html misc. more ... Big Med; Restaurant chains have managed to combine quality control, cost control, and innovation. Can health care? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/13/big-med How Not To Fix US Health Care: Copy The Cheesecake Factory https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/08/13/how-not-to-fix-us-health-care-copy-the-cheesecake-factory/ HCA: The Unsustainable Private Equity Bubble in US Health Care https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/08/15/private-equity-wont-fix-health-care-either/#3e8d2db13735 The NYT article sheds a harsh light on the management practices of industry giant HCA, which controls 163 hospitals from New Hampshire to California. HCA has made huge profits—much more than its competitors—through financial innovation without necessarily providing benefits to patients or society. HCA has succeeded in: * Charging more for the same * Restricting access to low-return services * Increasing the quantity of lucrative services * Cutting staff costs ... The big winners from these practices at HCA have been three private equity firms—Bain Capital, Merrill Lynch and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company—that bought HCA in late 2006. ... snip ... Cerberus Uses Private Equity Looting Strategy With Scandal-Ridden Steward Health Care Hospitals https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/10/cerberus-uses-private-equity-looting-strategy-to-scandal-ridden-steward-health-care-hospitals.html private equity posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/submisc.html#private.equity
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