VA says the contract will increase oversight and competition in the private sector care it pays for, which now makes up more than 40% of all veterans' care.

A bill that would place restrictions on private equity transactions involving health systems moved one step forward as state representatives passed the measure and it now moves to the state Senate. By ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has transferred nearly $2 billion in funding for its health care system to pay for care from private providers, the agency told CNN. The reallocation represents a ...

WASHINGTON — A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being ...

Over the past two decades, private equity firms have aggressively acquired health systems, hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. This has reshaped the health ...

Economics correspondent Paul Solman is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm bought struggling hospitals. In his second report, he looks at how private ...

A yearlong bipartisan congressional investigation into two private equity-backed U.S. hospital systems found that patient care deteriorated at both operations as their private equity owners reaped ...

Waterbury Hospital is one of three hospitals owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror After Prospect Medical Holdings, the formerly private equity-backed owner of three ...