Growth of Private Equity and Hospital Consolidation in Primary Care and Price Implications.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Consolidation of physician practices by hospitals and private equity (PE) firms has increased rapidly. This trend is of particular importance within primary care. Despite its significance, there is no systematic evidence on the emerging trends in ownership affiliation of primary care physicians (PCPs) and its association with prices paid for physician services.

Objective

To describe trends in hospital affiliation and PE affiliation in primary care and examine variation in negotiated prices paid by commercial insurers to hospital-affiliated, PE-affiliated, and independent PCPs.

Design, setting, and participants

Data from PitchBook and IQVIA were used to examine hospital and PE affiliation PCPs. PCPs and their affiliations were linked to novel cross-sectional

SUBMITTER: Singh Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742525 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature