Dr. Harsha Vyas, CEO of Athena Oncology and founding physician of Cancer Center of Middle Georgia in Dublin was recently in interviewed in study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. The study highlights important trends in oncology practice ownership. A recent analysis of more than 400 oncology practices found that private-equity acquisitions are linked to higher office-visit prices, greater radiation-therapy spending, and growing market concentration across the U.S. These findings raise meaningful questions about how consolidation may impact patient access, affordability, and the long-term sustainability of community-based cancer care. Per Dr. Vyas, “The momentum behind such tactics is “picking up, because there is a true succession problem with who’s going to run these community practices as they’re getting more and more complex.
