DAILY NEWS CLIP: January 23, 2025

Hospital and private equity affiliations inflating primary care costs, study suggests


Medical Xpress – Wednesday, January 22, 2025
By Justin Jackson

Brown University School of Public Health and Brookings Institution researchers have conducted a longitudinal and cross-sectional study investigating trends in hospital and private equity affiliation among primary care physicians and the associated impact on negotiated service prices.

The study revealed that, compared to independent primary care physicians, both hospital and private equity-affiliated physicians commanded higher negotiated prices for equivalent services.

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