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Ethically Challenged : Private Equity Storms US Health Care by Laura Katz Olson (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10142144285X
ISBN-139781421442853
eBay Product ID (ePID)19050099999
Product Key Features
Number of Pages432 Pages
Publication NameEthically Challenged : Private Equity Storms Us Health Care
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
SubjectEthics, Public Health, Health Care Delivery, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMedical
AuthorLaura Katz Olson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight26.4 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2021-011728
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal174.2
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction. Hiding in Plain Sight Chapter 1. Who Even Are They? Private Equity from Soup to Nuts Chapter 2. The Emergence of the Alternative Asset Class Chapter 3. Consolidating Health Care Chapter 4. It's between Me and My Doctor? Chapter 5. Drilling for Gold: Corralling Dentists Chapter 6. Frail Elderly and Children: Homecare and Hospice Chapter 7. Public Crisis, Private Gain: Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders Chapter 8. Capitalizing on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Chapter 9. Hijacking an Industry: Medical Ambulances and Emergency Air Transport Conclusion. Infiltrating Our Health Care System Appendix. Selected Private Equity Firms Buying Health Care Businesses Abbreviations Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisRevealing the dark truth about the impact of predatory private equity firms on American health care. Private equity (PE) firms pervade all aspects of our modern lives. Unlike other corporations, which generally manufacture products or provide services, they leverage considerable debt and other people's money to buy and sell businesses with the sole aim of earning supersized profits in the shortest time possible. With a voracious appetite and trillions of dollars at its disposal, the private equity industry is now buying everything from your opioid treatment center to that helicopter that helps swoop you up from a car crash site. It may even control how and when you can get your kidney dialysis. In Ethically Challenged, Laura Katz Olson describes how PE firms are gobbling up physician and dental practices; home care and hospice agencies; substance abuse, eating disorder, and autism services; urgent care facilities; and emergency medical transportation. With a sharp eye on cost and quality of care, Olson investigates the PE industry's impact on these essential services. She explains how PE firms pile up massive debt on their investment targets and how they bleed these enterprises with assorted fees and dividends for themselves. Throughout, she argues that public pension funds, which provide the preponderance of equity for PE buyouts, tend to ignore the pesky fact that their money may be undermining the very health care system their workers and retirees rely on. Weaving together insights from interviews with business owners and experts, newspaper articles, purchased data sets, and industry publications, Olson offers a unique perspective and appreciation of the significance of PE investments in health care. The first book to comprehensively address private equity and health care, Ethically Challenged raises the curtain on an industry notorious for its secrecy, exposing the nefarious side of its maneuvers., The first book to comprehensively address private equity and health care, Ethically Challenged raises the curtain on an industry notorious for its secrecy, exposing the nefarious side of its maneuvers., Revealing the dark truth about the impact of predatory private equity firms on American health care. Won Gold from the Axiom Book Award in the Category of Business Ethics, the Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association and the North American Book Award in the Catergory of Business Finance, Finalist of the American Book Fest Best Book Social Change and Current Events by the American Book Fest Private equity (PE) firms pervade all aspects of our modern lives. Unlike other corporations, which generally manufacture products or provide services, they leverage considerable debt and other people's money to buy and sell businesses with the sole aim of earning supersized profits in the shortest time possible. With a voracious appetite and trillions of dollars at its disposal, the private equity industry is now buying everything from your opioid treatment center to that helicopter that helps swoop you up from a car crash site. It may even control how and when you can get your kidney dialysis. In Ethically Challenged , Laura Katz Olson describes how PE firms are gobbling up physician and dental practices; home care and hospice agencies; substance abuse, eating disorder, and autism services; urgent care facilities; and emergency medical transportation. With a sharp eye on cost and quality of care, Olson investigates the PE industry's impact on these essential services. She explains how PE firms pile up massive debt on their investment targets and how they bleed these enterprises with assorted fees and dividends for themselves. Throughout, she argues that public pension funds, which provide the preponderance of equity for PE buyouts, tend to ignore the pesky fact that their money may be undermining the very health care system their workers and retirees rely on. Weaving together insights from interviews with business owners and experts, newspaper articles, purchased data sets, and industry publications, Olson offers a unique perspective and appreciation of the significance of PE investments in health care. The first book to comprehensively address private equity and health care, Ethically Challenged raises the curtain on an industry notorious for its secrecy, exposing the nefarious side of its maneuvers.
LC Classification NumberR724
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