Yashaswini Singh, PhD
@ysingh_phd
health care economist & assistant professor @BrownUniversity studying private equity & vertical integration in healthcare / made in india 🇮🇳 🇺🇲
📢In @Health_Affairs we examine physician turnover after PE acquisition, timely given interest in workforce effects of consolidation & non competes Acquisitions ⬆️ physician turnover by 265% with docs traveling >100miles for next employment. PE is reshaping workforce stability.
The rise of private equity (PE) consolidation in physician practices raises concerns about prioritizing short-term profits, potentially increasing physician turnover and disrupting care continuity. Yashaswini Singh of @BrownUniversity and coauthors analyze the impact of PE’s…
In 2023, @SaraLSirota & I made a timeline of UnitedHealth acquisitions for @TheProspect & @UncoveredHealth, mapping its growth strategy over time. But our version was child's play compared to what @wendellpotter just put out in the Sunlight Report sunlightreportinsurance.com
“But shortly before the books closed for 2024, more profits appeared. They came from the discreet sale of stakes in business units to firms including Warburg Pincus and KKR & Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Some of the deals included terms that could require…
UnitedHealth quietly sold businesses to private equity firms at the end of last year to avoid missing Wall Street earnings targets. Read my story with @zachmider @ikeswetlitz @jtozz for details about the deals & the unusual accounting decision here $UNH bloomberg.com/news/features/…
The true cost of the reconciliation bill will be measured in lives—over 50,000 per year. It’s a predictable result when you cut off insurance to people who are old, poor and sick. @eric_t_roberts and I discuss in @MSNBC @NBCNews @HarvardHPM @PennLDI msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…
Like it or not, this is what healthcare in America looks like today. Great report sponsored by @Arnold_Ventures detailing the 2,694 subsidiaries of UnitedHealth. sunlightreportinsurance.com
Good to talk health care financing and how prevailing approaches privatize public functions and fuel corporate medicine. Sound price administration—and the public capacity to do it—is key to an alternative framework here.
🎧 NEW EPISODE: Hayden Rooke-Ley and colleagues in the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research have a very new, old-fashioned idea for controlling US health care costs. @Hayrook @Andy_Ryan_dydx @CAHPR_BrownSPH Listen now! lnkd.in/etSgAA9h
for @BostonGlobe Ideas i wrote about private equity, health care, and an obscure legal history that connects the two. i hope you’ll have a look!
Great story/charts from @lydiadepillis @christinezhang on how health care ate the American economy. This pair of maps is especially striking.
Hospitals, pharma, doctors, medical devices, health insurers, PBMs — the entire health care industry has crushed working households through higher prices and out-of-pocket spending, to the point that health care is a bigger expense than a mortgage. x.com/lydiadepillis/…
For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In the first Perspective of a new series, Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH (@efusebrown), writes that “corporatization” of health care, a process predicted decades ago, now refers to the general trend throughout the industry toward higher levels of integrated control by consolidated…
Last week I attended @aspenideas Health as a 2025 Fellow. Thankful to exchange ideas with inspiring new friends & colleagues rethinking the future of health care. Scenes from Aspen's stunning campus at 8000 ft! 🏔️💡 aspenideas.org/articles/2025-…
For a look at the pieces Oliver cites, see the replies below! Proud of @CAP_Health's tireless work here!
A new analysis led by @Brown_SPH's @FangliGeng and Vince Mor (@themoruknow) shows Medicaid cuts could force nearly 600 nursing homes -- many serving low-income, high-need residents -- to close. tinyurl.com/rwkcsvrb
The modern economic case for public provision is not about public goods or market failures or externalities. It is about what can and can't be achieved by contracting.
The ACA survives yet another trip to SCOTUS...
BREAKING: In the Supreme Court case, Kennedy v. Braidwood, the court ruled 6-3: The US Preventive Services Task Force members are inferior officers; their appointment by HHS Secretary is constitutional. ACA coverage mandates stand.
My remarks in Global Competition Review @gcr_alerts on the @FTC's recent 6(b) study on physician group mergers globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/articl…
Thrilled and honored that NIHCM chose our paper for the prestigious research award this year. Still can't believe it! In case you are curious about the effects of hospital "corporatization", here is a nice summary in our own words. @NIHCMfoundation
A new & exclusive interview with the winners of #NIHCM's 2025 Research Award on the corporatization of independent hospitals. Read the Research Insights for more: bit.ly/44j8yrP
Four incredible days of listening, learning, connecting, and reimagining the future of health care. Thank you, @aspenideas Health.💡#AspenIdeas #AspenIdeasHealth
Great convo today with super smart colleagues on how litigation should be used as a tool to reduce health care costs for patients, consumers, and taxpayers.
We just wrapped our panel, "Driving Lower Health Care Costs Through Litigations," at @aspenideas: Health. Moderated by AV's @a_spratt, the conversation featured @brbilberry, James Gelfand, and @Katie_Keith. (1/)
Aspen Ideas: Health 2025 begins TODAY! 🌟 Select sessions will be livestreamed from June 22-25. ➡️ Swipe to see the schedule and tune in each day for engaging conversation on the future of health. Watch via this link: aspenideas.org/articles/how-t… #aspenideashealth