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Healthcare Docket: Feds and States Move to Curb Private Equity’s Takeover...
Good old American capitalism is getting a hard look under the healthcare regulatory microscope. And not a moment too soon, in the eyes of...
Don’t blame private equity companies for hospitals’ woes
There is no question that America’s safety-net hospitals are in trouble. But it is important to understand this trouble started before private equity companies...
6 Mistakes Digital Health Startups Make When Seeking Funding or Customers
Last week’s ViVE conference in Los Angeles attracted hundreds of digital health startups, many of which were on the prowl for new customers and/or...
Come to MedCity INVEST, Where You Could Meet Your Startup’s First...
Join MedCity News and nearly 300 healthcare investors, startups, and innovative-minded executives in Chicago at the Ritz Carlton on May 21-22 for MedCity INVEST 2024....
Growth or Profitability: Which One Do Investors Care More About?
There’s a bit of a debate in the venture capital community about what matters more to digital health investors in today’s fundraising environment —...
Reversing Private Equity’s Looting of Hospitals
As reported by our colleague Maureen Tkacik and elsewhere, the basic story of the insider pillaging of Steward Health Care...
Trahan Blasts Role of ‘Private Equity’ at Holy Family Hospital as...
Those calling for one of Massachusetts’ big health care chains to buy such troubled Steward Health Care-owned hospitals as Holy Family may take pause...
Why Startups Are Seeking Out Health Systems’ VC Arms
In the past decade or two, health systems have been establishing their own venture capital arms to support health tech startups. At least 23...
How Digital Health Fundraising Took On a Different Shape in 2023
U.S.-based digital health startups ended 2023 with a fundraising total of $10.7 billion across 492 deals, which is the lowest annual fundraising amount the...