Gary Herschman News Today

Is your practice or hospital considering a private equity buyout? Learn whats likely to happen and how your work life may change after the deal is done.

Gary W. Herschman is a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the Newark and New York offices of Epstein Becker Green.

Amplifying Atlanta

Dr. Paul Jeffords and his colleagues at Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics were worried about their ability to survive financially, even though their independent orthopedic practice was the largest in Georgia, with

It means higher prices for patients, more unnecessary surgery, and less access to care for patients on Medicaid or those who are uninsured or underinsured.

Orthopedic surgeons, long seen as fiercely independent, are rapidly catching up with other specialist physicians in selling control of their practices to private equity investment firms.

While some doctors seem eager for a huge payoff, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.

While some doctors seem eager for the payout, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.

While some doctors seem eager for a huge payoff, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.

Equities across the board haven't been safe from the downward sell-off pressure. That also goes for healthcare.