Funding Your Practice Expansion

As 2017 draws to a close, many practice leaders are shifting their focus to the strategic initiatives they hope to pursue over the next year—if they can find the funds. Looking to secure their practice’s future in an uncertain healthcare universe, more and more orthopedic groups are asking about alternatives to either debt or selling to a larger entity. One option is private equity.

Private equity consolidation in physician services is nothing new, but it is comparatively rare in the musculoskeletal space. Private equity consolidation became a popular option for many dental groups in the early 2000s, when private equity firms began to work with multi-site, provider- based businesses. Other healthcare sectors that also gravitated to private equity are interventional pain management, dermatology, and ophthalmology. Over the years, dozens and dozens of private equity transactions have helped nearly every large provider in these specialties.

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