How Practices Are Making Private Equity Work
By Christine Yue Leonard, Senior Associate Editor P r ivate equity acquisitions of physician practices have grown rapidly in the last decade. Ophthalmology in particular is an attractive medical specialty for its high procedural volume and the high demand for ophthalmic care among the aging population. In the year leading up to the COVID-19 emergency, monthly acquisitions of ophthalmology and optometry practices averaged 5.71 per month and increased to 8.78 per month from January to September 2021,