Private equity firms generate higher professional fees for clinicians study finds
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New research finds that private equity firms increase professional fees paid to physicians compared with a control group of practices affiliated with health systems. Co-author Jane Zhu, M.D., says, “Private equity owners appear to be acutely focused on raising these professional fees to the benefit of the practices they acquire. Whether that benefits patients is a yet unanswered question.” (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)