Since its emergence in health care, private equity investment in physician practices has steadily increased in specialties that provide outpatient services, have high reimbursement rates and have access to ancillary services revenue.
Although primarily occurring in specialties such as ophthalmology, dermatology, gastroenterology and dentistry, private equity firms began entering into agreements with orthopedic private practices in 2017. These investments are expected to increase along with the rapid growth within the orthopedic field, fueled by the relatively low supply of orthopedic surgeons,