This study finds that there were 69 pain management practices acquired by private equity, which represented 4.3% of the 1588 pain management practices in 2023. Private equity acquisitions of pain management practices spanned 26 different states, with the most being in Texas (10 [14.5%]), Florida (8 [11.6%]), and New Jersey (6 [8.7%]). As of 2023, 198 of 2241 pain management physicians (8.2%) worked for a private equity–owned pain management practice in the US compared with 0.4% in 2013. The states with the highest percentage of pain management physicians working for private equity–owned pain management practices in 2023 were Virginia (21 of 48 [44%]), Maryland (15 of 59 [25%]), Mississippi (5 of 23 [22%]), and Minnesota (3 of 12 [20%]).
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Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828269