Private Equity and the Safety Net—Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

This Viewpoint describes the types of financial engineering that put safety net hospitals at risk after a private acquisition and suggest ways that states can provide more robust oversight of these transactions.

Corresponding Author: Dashiell Miner, BS, Stanford School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA 94305-5101 (dminer@stanford.edu).

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