|Videos|May 25, 2023

Private equity: Studies in quality

Do investors sacrifice patient care for profits?

Analysts continue studying exactly how private equity investors affect patient care when they invest in health care organizations. Jolie Apicella, JD, previously worked as an assistant United States attorney and chief of health care fraud in the Eastern District of New York. Now in private practice, in this video series she explains the current regulatory environment and what doctors and investors should consider when joining private equity with medical enterprises.


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