WASHINGTON — Professional caregivers and veterans groups argued over the merits of private medical care versus care at the Department of Veterans Affairs during an emotional House Veterans’ Affairs ...

WASHINGTON — A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being ...

Health care became more hazardous for patients at hospitals purchased by private equity firms, a new study shows. The sweeping study, which was published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, looked at the ...

Economics correspondent Paul Solman is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm bought struggling hospitals. In his second report, he looks at how private ...

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill heard testimony Monday around how health care has become increasingly attractive to for-profit companies. Experts warned that without stronger regulation, this could ...

This article is part of “Ethics & Health Systems Change,” an ongoing, periodic Health Affairs Forefront symposium on the ethical implications of developments in the business of health care. Articles ...

Private health insurance premiums will be going up in 2026—in some cases, by a lot. Congressional Democrats and Republicans remain deadlocked on health care reform, following disagreements over ...

Who owns your doctor’s office? More and more often nowadays, the answer is a private equity firm — a type of investment fund that buys, restructures, and resells companies. Over the last decade, ...

In 2010, when purchasing Prospect Medical Holdings, the private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners made numerous lofty promises to state regulators around expanding services, capital investments, ...

According to private health insurers, digitalization should improve care – with open systems, clear data rules, and ...