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Responsible Private Equity Is Helping Solve Physician Shortage

For millions of Americans, one of the greatest challenges in healthcare is finding the right doctor. Recent research indicates that the United States could face a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036 as the population ages, demand for care rises, and thousands of physicians approach retirement.

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AHLA’s Speaking of Health Law Podcast: Corporate Control of Health Care Providers: Latest Trends and Developments

Rachel Ludwig, Partner, DLA Piper, speaks with John Saran, Partner, Holland & Knight, Regan Parker, CEO, Association for Responsible Healthcare Investment, and Robbie Allen, CEO, U.S. Heart & Vascular, about the latest legal and regulatory developments related to corporate ownership of health care providers.

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Regan Parker: Investment helps healthcare crisis

This legislative session was a wake-up call for Vermont lawmakers amid one of the largest healthcare affordability crises facing both the state and the nation. Vermont’s healthcare system now totals roughly $2.5 billion and accounts for nearly 30% of the state budget. These costs are directly felt through higher premiums, out-of-pocket expenses and rising overall healthcare costs for Vermonters.

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Regan Parker: Misguided Attacks on Private Healthcare Investment Risk Hurting Patients

From technology to real estate, financial services, and retail, the influence of private equity in our economy has become a political flashpoint in recent years. Today, that debate is heating up when it comes to healthcare, with a wave of state and federal proposals aimed at limiting private investment in hospitals and healthcare facilities.

Healthcare

The Wall Street Journal: Oregon Hospital Fight Tests State’s New Anti-Private-Equity Law

Authorities in Oregon are weighing whether they can use a new anti-private-equity law to prevent an out-of-state physician group from taking over emergency services in the main hospital serving the city of Eugene.

Healthcare

CT Mirror: Look beyond ownership to protect patient care

Connecticut is at a crossroads in how it stewards its health care system. The recent bankruptcy of Waterbury Hospital exposed the real consequences of prioritizing financial engineering and short-term investor returns over patient care and community stability.

Healthcare

Private Funds CFO: In the Loop: Medical Misadventures

Fund managers must show they can deliver good health outcomes if they’re going to stop the spread of antitrust and corporate-practice-of-medicine ideas.

Healthcare

Private Funds CFO: Bad Medicine

The states prove to be a battlefield for private equity's future in healthcare, as antitrust and corporate-practice-of-medicine bills spread.

Healthcare

The Wall Street Journal: Four More States Weigh Bans on Private-Equity Interference in Medical Care

State lawmakers this month proposed new bills against corporate interference in medicine, as the backlash against private equity’s involvement in healthcare continues to spread.

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