The Hidden Cost of Private Equity Hospital Buyouts

About this episode

The episode discusses the negative impacts of private equity buyouts on hospitals and patient care, featuring Dr. Renee Hsia.

This time on Code WACK! We're taking a closer look at what happens when private equity buys hospitals . Our guest is Dr. Renee Hsia (pronounced "Shaw"). An emergency physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Hsia explains how patients can be harmed when Wall Street firms take over health care. A Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy at the University of California, San Francisco, she is also Vice Chair of Health Services Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and a core faculty member of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. This is part two of our two-part series. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! Keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation .

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Renee Hsia

Topics covered

• private equity
• hospital buyouts
• healthcare
• patient harm

Keywords

• health policy
• emergency medicine
• Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

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