Ethics talk: Are private equity investments really different from other ownership structures in health care?
Ethics talk: Are private equity investments really different from other ownership structures in health care?
AMA Journal of Ethics, Podcast May 2025; by Robert I. Field, PhD, JD, MPH; 5/30/25
Dr. Robert I. Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss whether and to what extent private equity firms’ increasing presence in health care deserves our scrutiny and what policy makers, clinicians, and patients should know about responding to private equity ownership stakes in the organizations where they work and where they go for health services.
Robert I. Field, PhD, JD, MPH is professor of law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law and professor of health management and policy at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
[An excerpt from Dr. Field, page 4 of the transcript:] ... I think the most important element, which is the same as what lawyers and regulators have been calling for, is transparency. So, you were asking, how could a patient find out about the ownership of a facility? How could a medical student find out about the ownership of a residency program or slot? It’s very difficult. ...
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