Re:Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firm
by chewz on Sunday July 16, 2023 @02:28PM
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1) NIRP and search for yield
2) Older doctors, stomatologists etc... Running an individual practice is a challenge, requires constant investment and learning and at some point in life there is an incentive of larger cash out.
And why? Because as West deindustrialized potenial for profit lays in high-value services. Instead of an aluminium smelter you purchase 100 of orthodontist practices. After purchase you cut on costs, raise prices and the investment pays out rather quickly....
2) Older doctors, stomatologists etc... Running an individual practice is a challenge, requires constant investment and learning and at some point in life there is an incentive of larger cash out.
And why? Because as West deindustrialized potenial for profit lays in high-value services. Instead of an aluminium smelter you purchase 100 of orthodontist practices. After purchase you cut on costs, raise prices and the investment pays out rather quickly....