Media Coverage
New England Journal of Medicine “Interview with Ambar La Forgia on the drivers and effects of corporatization of outpatient medical services” December 27, 2025
Knowledge at Wharton “Medicare Gaming and Health Care Profits: Where Did the Money Go?” November 24, 2025
AMA Journal of Ethics “Author Interview: How Should We Assess Quality of Health Care Services in Organizations Owned by Private Equity Firms?” May 2025
The Visible Hand “Episode 87: Ambar La Forgia on Chain Ownership and Fertility Clinic Performance” February 6, 2025
Financial Times “Private equity has made fertility roll-ups its latest baby” August 24, 2024
Penn LDI “Hospital Behavior During the Outlier Payment Loophole” August 7, 2024
ClearHealthCosts “Fertility and money: Private equity and other for-profit baby-making” May 22, 2024
Tradeoffs “Is Private Equity Ruining Health Care? It’s Complicated” May 16, 2024
STAT News “U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Welsh Carson face class action over monopoly allegations” November 22, 2023
Fortune “Lina Khan speaks out about FTC’s private equity lawsuit: ‘We’re putting the market on notice’” November 17, 2023
Chicago Medicine “Private Equity Moves into Medical Practice” October 30, 2023
The Washington Post “Private equity bought up Colorado anesthesiology practices, then raised prices” June 29, 2023
Forbes “Regulating Surprise Bills Lower Healthcare Prices — Guess How Much” June 23, 2023
Marginal Revolution “Corporate Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from Fertility Clinics” May 20, 2023
Fortune “Routine births are turning into moneymaking ‘emergency’ events at hospitals that work with private equity-backed staffing companies” October 12, 2022
The Wall Street Journal “FTC Probes Market Power of One of Country’s Biggest Anesthesia Providers” October 1, 2022
Anesthesia Practice Management Success with Justin Harvey “Here’s What Happens To Anesthesia Contracts When Private Practices Get Bought Out w. Dr. Ambar La Forgia” July 18, 2022
Kaiser Health News “Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals” June 15, 2022
Vermont Public “Vermont’s largest hospital system and a massive insurance company are deadlocked. Thousands of patients are caught in the middle” March 16, 2022
Healthcare Dive “Anesthesiology practices get paid more when backed by private equity, study finds” March 2, 2022
Becker’s Hospital Review “Outsourced anesthesia up to 26% pricier, study finds” March 1, 2022
JAMA Internal Medicine Author Interviews “Physician Management Companies and Commercial Health Care Prices” February 28, 2022
Modern Healthcare “Study: Private equity linked to higher anesthesia costs” February 28, 2022
Kaiser Health News “Congressional Doctors Lead Bipartisan Revolt Over Policy on Surprise Medical Bills” November 17, 2021
BenefitsPro “Study: No surprises laws result in lower prices from out-of-network providers” August 24, 2021
U.S. News & World Report “How Did New Surprise Medical Bill Laws Affect Your State?” August 17, 2021
The New York Times, The Upshot “Lousy Customer Service? A Better Way in Health Care” March 13, 2017