69 - Dr. Jane Zhu - What's the Deal with Private Equity in Healthcare Services?

This episode is an interview with Dr. Jane Zhu. Dr. Zhu is an assistant professor of medicine at OHSU, and a practicing primary care provider. She studied global health at Duke, received both an MD and an MPP from Harvard, completed her internal medicine residency at USCF, and was a National Clinician Scholar at Penn. She remains a senior fellow for the Leonard Davis Institute at Penn, which is how I found out about her exciting research! Her interests span across many fields and include payment reform, mental and behavioral health, and improving equity and access for patients. We touch on her career path, how she became interested in the fields noted above, and then we do a deep dive into a topic she and others published on recently – the role of private equity in healthcare. Footnotes Dr. Zhu’s Bio https://ldi.upenn.edu/expert/jane-m-zhu-md-mpp-mshp Private Equity Research Press Releases and Coverage https://ldi.upenn.edu/healthpolicysense/private-equity-investment-physician-practices https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/acquisition-physician-practices-by-private-equity-firms-increases-study-finds-which