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This is just the Hahnemann closure at scale. The end result was inevitable once the MPT deal happened.
Be curious to see where that goes. I imagine Mass is not far behind.![]()
Attorney General Mayes Announces Investigation into Steward Health Care’s Bankruptcy
PHOENIX – In response to Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy filing in a Texas bankruptcy court on May 6, 2024, and news of its planned auction of four Arizona hospitals, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that she is opening an investigation into the circumstances leading up to Steward Health...www.azag.gov
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Steward Health Care Declares Bankruptcy, to Sell 8 Florida Hospitals - Connect CRE
Steward Health Care System LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will sell off its Florida hospitals. Steward runs eight hospitals in Florida, including Melbourne and Rockledge Regional Hospital, as well as in Sebastian, Coral Gables, Lauderdale Lakes, Miami and two in Hialeah...www.connectcre.com
One of my good friends is the CFO of a PE firm. They have 3 or 4 multibillion dollar portfolios. All they care about is 1. Sucking all the life out of a broken company as they dismantle it. Or 2. Rebuilding and rebranding failing companies to suck profits out of them before selling them for a profit. Or 3. Investing in good companies that are mismanaged so they can suck all the profits out of them as they take them to the next level, and then sell them for a big profit.
At least they’re privately owned, though the investors want their profits. What they did during Covid was pretty cold. And no F’s were given. People fired, no rents ever paid, walking away from some companies all together and dumping them on the bank as a loss, after selling off everything of any value of course. The whole company is a widget to them. Employees aren’t a consideration at all, they’re a line item on a balance sheet.
“A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than 100 men with guns.”Sounds like organized crime out of a fancy office with fancy letterhead.
And you like this person? This CFO? Because if he has the pull of a CFO and makes some big financial decisions for his company he sounds like a total Sociopath.One of my good friends is the CFO of a PE firm. They have 3 or 4 multibillion dollar portfolios. All they care about is 1. Sucking all the life out of a broken company as they dismantle it. Or 2. Rebuilding and rebranding failing companies to suck profits out of them before selling them for a profit. Or 3. Investing in good companies that are mismanaged so they can suck all the profits out of them as they take them to the next level, and then sell them for a big profit.
At least they’re privately owned, though the investors want their profits. What they did during Covid was pretty cold. And no F’s were given. People fired, no rents ever paid, walking away from some companies all together and dumping them on the bank as a loss, after selling off everything of any value of course. The whole company is a widget to them. Employees aren’t a consideration at all, they’re a line item on a balance sheet.
Sure, in 1. The company is broken and going to the scrap heap/fire sale either way. Sometimes they take chances on companies and try to turn them around but can’t. Then it’s time to change to plan A. Get some money back out and take the L. He doesn’t buy them healthy and break them, like the healthcare examples we know. In 2 and 3 they add value by fixing poor business plans and the wrong leadership. Those companies grow and survive better than ever.And you like this person? This CFO? Because if he has the pull of a CFO and makes some big financial decisions for his company he sounds like a total Sociopath.
Cold like you said.
One of my good friends is the CFO of a PE firm. They have 3 or 4 multibillion dollar portfolios. All they care about is 1. Sucking all the life out of a broken company as they dismantle it. Or 2. Rebuilding and rebranding failing companies to suck profits out of them before selling them for a profit. Or 3. Investing in good companies that are mismanaged so they can suck all the profits out of them as they take them to the next level, and then sell them for a big profit.
At least they’re privately owned, though the investors want their profits. What they did during Covid was pretty cold. And no F’s were given. People fired, no rents ever paid, walking away from some companies all together and dumping them on the bank as a loss, after selling off everything of any value of course. The whole company is a widget to them. Employees aren’t a consideration at all, they’re a line item on a balance sheet.
I hope you gave him two middle fingers. These people.Yep have a friend in PE who was talking about the steps they were taking to suck all the profits out of the healthcare entity they bought and then turned to me and was like so can I buy your group? We can maximize your efficiency and improve things.
Disgusting.
In a 2009 article in Rolling Stone magazine, for which he is a contributing editor, he described Goldman Sachs as: “a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money”.Yep have a friend in PE who was talking about the steps they were taking to suck all the profits out of the healthcare entity they bought and then turned to me and was like so can I buy your group? We can maximize your efficiency and improve things.
That’s the same private equity firm who had than 50 billion in assets in 2008 but didn’t waste a penny keeping Chrysler afloat and the govt bailed out Chrysler.
Disgusting.
And they want to blame the healthcare workers for why healthcare is expensive, while they secretly pulled out 800 million and let the hospitals burn.
This is also why being a “partner” of an AMC with “shares” is a silly concept. The money is all being sucked out secretly. It’s all part of the private equity playbook where they gaslight the blissfully ignorant underlings and use their licenses as a conduit for wealth transfer - away from patients and into PE pockets.
Don’t u think destroying the hospital monopoly is a better use of taxpayer money?That’s why the FTC needs to win and destroy USAP in Texas.
Think of Orlando health as Donald trump. And usap as Kamela Harris. You will like usap better than what Orlando health does in Florida. Advent maybe worst. They are like Joe Biden. Claim to be nice people but corrupt as well.
Whichever hospital system stocks IvermectinWho is RFK Jr in this scenario?
HCA is RFK. Still bad. But HCA is a minor player in central Florida compared to advent and Orlando HealthWho is RFK Jr in this scenario?
Don’t u think destroying the hospital monopoly is a better use of taxpayer money?
Orlando health is big in central Florida along with advent Health. They are 10x worse than usap. Those two hospitals rape the insurance companies way worst than usap does in Texas or Florida.
Think of Orlando health as Donald trump. And usap as Kamela Harris. You will like usap better than what Orlando health does in Florida. Advent maybe worst. They are like Joe Biden. Claim to be nice people but corrupt as well.
Orlando health is buying 3 of these bankrupt hospitals and will just use them as a tax write off and shut it down. One of the hospitals is over 80 years old and in desperate need of being just torn down and rebuilt.
What’s disappointing in that lawsuit is that Welsh Carson was dismissed from the suit - and they’re the true apex bad actors. USAP, problematic as it is, wouldn’t function as it does without the manipulation from Welsh Carson. Sadly with dismissing PE backers from the suit it almost continues to support their playbook of sucking money out as an abstract actor while letting the parts (USAP) implode. The brilliance of the FTC suit was to include PE as the antitrust target, but their legal basis is overbroad and a bit vague, especially in light of the recent overturning of Chevron.That’s why the FTC needs to win and destroy USAP in Texas.
Welsh Carson has already made their 20% cut already way back in 2014 and the deal was brokered.What’s disappointing in that lawsuit is that Welsh Carson was dismissed from the suit - and they’re the true apex bad actors. USAP, problematic as it is, wouldn’t function as it does without the manipulation from Welsh Carson. Sadly with dismissing PE backers from the suit it almost continues to support their playbook of sucking money out as an abstract actor while letting the parts (USAP) implode. The brilliance of the FTC suit was to include PE as the antitrust target, but their legal basis is overbroad and a bit vague, especially in light of the recent overturning of Chevron.
I agree. I suspect PE is still making money from USAP from “management fees” or high interest rate loans they’ve saddled onto them. It very well may also be a cash flowing business even if it has financial problems.Then why don’t they broker a deal to sell some off ? Or just declare bankruptcy and jet. Or negotiate to split up to statisfy the ftc. They must still be making $ or they would sell or jet
They don’t want the money because of the liabilities that goes managing the practice.I agree. I suspect PE is still making money from USAP from “management fees” or high interest rate loans they’ve saddled onto them. It very well may also be a cash flowing business even if it has financial problems.
Then why don’t they broker a deal to sell some off ? Or just declare bankruptcy and jet. Or negotiate to split up to statisfy the ftc. They must still be making $ or they would sell or jet
I agree. I suspect PE is still making money from USAP from “management fees” or high interest rate loans they’ve saddled onto them. It very well may also be a cash flowing business even if it has financial problems.
Imagine the worst HCA facility you can.Paywalled but it’s worth $1 to read the story. Anybody have first-hand experience with a Steward facility?
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Steward Health News: Practice of neglect led to indignity, death
On the whole, Steward’s more than 30 hospitals have been among the worst, the most troubled in the country over the last five years, according to several measures.apps.bostonglobe.com
Just a replay of mednax American anesthesiology with usap.If it has positive cash flow now, I don’t think that will last long.
He bought himself a new lamboAre you sure the group was bought out? A lot of the small asc groups are basically folding.
People usually don’t “buy lambo”. It’s a 50k down payment than a monthly lease of $2000 a month for 2 years. Depending on the buy back price in 2 years. You may owe more money. That was a few years ago how my buddy customized his yellow Lamborghini.He bought himself a new lambo
That’s excellent if they can get some money buyout being a small practice. That’s the first buyout I have heard of in a while. Probably the cost of business to rehire more people at more expensive recruiting costs.USAP Houston just bought out the small anesthesia group that does my cases. I don’t think they’re concerned about the FTC lawsuit at all. I wonder if the owner decided to sell now to make sure he can actually get some $ before it goes to trial.
There hasn’t been a buyout in years in Houston which is why I don’t think this happened.That’s excellent if they can get some money buyout being a small practice. That’s the first buyout I have heard of in a while. Probably the cost of business to rehire more people at more expensive recruiting costs.
Usually the practice will lose the contract anyways. And it’s a retention deal to stay on for at least 2 years. Almost like those 100k sign on bonus you see these days for 2 years.There hasn’t been a buyout in years in Houston which is why I don’t think this happened.
True but why would usap buy the practice then? Especially with all the on going issues. This isn’t 2018.Usually the practice will lose the contract anyways. And it’s a retention deal to stay on for at least 2 years. Almost like those 100k sign on bonus you see these days for 2 years.
I’m sure they got at least 250k each to stay on for x amount of time. Buyout or whatever. They got something. And something is better than nothing
Still cheaper to retain those docs than recruit new people.
? It definitely happened. Employees had to sign new contracts with USAP. It’s a four-room ASC and probably not a blip on anyone’s radar, but we’re north of Houston.There hasn’t been a buyout in years in Houston which is why I don’t think this happened.
This is amazing news? It definitely happened. Employees had to sign new contracts with USAP. It’s a four-room ASC and probably not a blip on anyone’s radar, but we’re north of Houston.