> Private equity investors have increasingly acquired doctors’ practices in recent years, according to a study published in February in JAMA. PE in healthcare

> Private equity investors have increasingly acquired doctors’ practices in recent years, according to a study published in February in JAMA. PE in healthcare seems to be more problematic than simple for profit hospitals. Treating a medical practice as a business to cut costs, raise margins and dump for a profit can’t do anything but degrade the quality of care.