New Report: Private Equity-Affiliated Physician Practices Associated with Lower Medicare Expenditures, Fewer Inpatient Days, Fewer Emergency Department Visits
WASHINGTON (September 18) — Medicare expenditures for beneficiaries in private physician practices affiliated with private equity were on average 9.8% lower than for similar patients in hospital-affiliated practices in 2022. That’s among the key findings of “Medicare Service Use and Expenditures Across Physician Practice Affiliation Models,” a new, first-of-its-kind study of Medicare spending and healthcare […]