Flanked by health care leaders of color on the State House steps, Sen. Liz Miranda framed her health equity reform omnibus ...

In the latest episode of Equity in Focus, hosted by Kevin E. Hooks, the conversation centers on the intersection of operations, strategy, and equity within health care—a crucial dialogue in ...

When access declines due to shortages, health care equity also suffers. In my experience, reduced access disproportionately affects marginalized and underserved populations, ...

Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital have received The Joint Commission’s Health Care Equity Certification.

One analysis finds that private equity investors spent more than $200 billion on health care acquisitions in 2021 alone, and $1 trillion over the past decade. State Sen. Cindy Friedman (D-MA): It ...

The inquiry centered on private equity giant Apollo Global Management, owner of Lifepoint Healthcare, the nation’s largest operator of rural hospitals, and Leonard Green & Partners, a private ...

But supporters argue that the bill doesn’t ban private equity in health care. Rather, it calls for more scrutiny in an effort to prevent other hospital closures at the hands of for-profit companies, ...

In Oregon, lawmakers were compelled to enact the law in part by witnessing the effects of private equity and corporate ownership in healthcare, according to Rep. Lisa Fragala, D-Eugene, Creswell.

This growing movement of private equity into the global economy is by no means limited to health care. In 2020, private equity firms employed 11.7 million U.S. workers , or about 7% of the country ...

State Rep. Lisa Borowksi, D-168, of Middletown, in red, speaks after HB 1460, putting restrictions on private equity acquisitions of health care systems, passes the state House.