Private Equity in Health Care and Policy Options for Protecting Patients

Private equity ownership of medical practices in the last decade has increased more than sixfold and takeovers are often associated with worse patient outcomes, including mortality, and increased prices. Current regulatory options appear insufficient to address these concerns. This session will examine trends in private equity in health care markets, effects on care, and law and regulatory solutions.

Presenters:

• Zirui Song, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Internal Medicine Physician, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Erin C Fuse Brown, JD, MPH, Director of Health Policy and Law Lab, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Research, Brown University School of Public Health