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 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 ...

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 ...

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 new study from Harvard Medical School is raising fresh concerns about hospitals controlled by private equity firms. Researchers found patient satisfaction dropped at hospitals that moved under ...

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, ...

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 ...

Patients may be more likely to die in private equity-owned emergency departments than other similar facilities, according to a study published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The research ...

After private-equity firms acquire hospitals, the facilities’ assets and resources diminish significantly, leaving the facilities less equipped to care for patients, according to a new study by ...

Whether it was simply mismanaged or actively looted by a series of grab-and-dump private equity owners, it is clear that Red Lobster — for decades one of the nation’s most recognizable restaurant ...

When private equity firms present their track records to investors, the charts often look too good to be true—higher returns with lower volatility than public markets. As it turns out, they often are ...