In recent months, federal and state lawmakers have been increasing their scrutiny of private equity’s role in healthcare consolidation and pricing. Policymakers are raising concerns about PE ownership structures they say prioritize returns over patient outcomes, particularly in physician practice roll-ups and certain specialty platforms. One PE investor — Matthew Bennett, partner at Invidia Capital Management — thinks this scrutiny is now an enduring feature that PE firms will have to continue to navigate rather than a short-term political cycle. In his eyes, the firms best positioned to succeed in the healthcare landscape will be those that focus on improving health outcomes and lowering costs rather than just relying on consolidation-driven financial engineering.
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Source: https://medcitynews.com/2026/05/private-equity-healthcare-2/