Happy Fri-yay, Hubsters! Aaron here, as per usual, to close out the week. Healthcare heartbeat. “One of the most critical nationwide challenges we will face in the coming years will be the shortage of experienced healthcare providers, and we are doing everything we can to be part of the solution,” said Bart Valdez, CEO of PE-backed Ingenovis Health. In April, Ingenovis Health, which is backed by Cornell Capital and Trilantic North America, acquired VISTA Staffing Solutions from Envision Physician Services. In this edition of HH, I want to highlight the trend of PE capital flowing in the healthcare staffing solutions space. In the past month, I have had two exclusives about investments in the space, and there will no doubt be more to come. In a story we published yesterday, I recapped some deals in the past six month that have gone to solving the staffing problem in the healthcare industry. Read the whole story here. From FFS to VBC. The days of fee-for-service may be over in healthcare, with the industry evolving to value-based care, but the transition is still in early innings. The amount of financial risk providers have is going to increase significantly in the next few years. A study done by Innovacer and Morning Consultant shows that providers don’t have the tools, analytics, and processes to know how they're performing on risk-based contracts. You can read the survey results here. I’m always looking for trends in healthcare, including dentistry, orthopedics, dermatology, ophthalmology or other subsectors. If you are a private equity investor in healthcare, I’d love to hear what you’re seeing out there. Feel free to reach out at aaron.w@peiedia.com. That is a wrap for me! MK Flynn will be back with the Wire on Monday. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend. I will be spending mine in Mystic, Connecticut, for a wedding. I hurt my knee hooping a few weeks back, but luckily it is healed enough for me to tear up the dance floor. Cheers, Aaron Read the full wire commentary on PE Hub ... | 