Sale of Private Equity-Owned Physician Practices and Physician Turnover.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Private equity (PE) acquisition of physician practices is increasing, with owners targeting sales, or exits, in 3 to 7 years. Little is known about the association of exit with physician retention and subsequent employment.

Objective

To examine whether PE exit of physician practices is associated with changes in physician retention and subsequent choice of practice size.

Design, setting, and participants

Using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File from December 31, 2014, to December 31, 2020, this case-control study compared employment changes for physicians at PE-exiting practices sold between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2018 (treatment group), with employment changes for matched cont

SUBMITTER: Berquist V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11829224 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature