Private equity investment firms are setting their sights on orthopaedic care as federal regulators and the industry at large look to move more of these treatments away from hospitals and into outpatient settings.

Healthcare experts are predicting a surge of private equity deals in practices that perform hip and knee replacements in the coming months as transactions are finalized.

"We're right on the precipice of seeing a big wave of these deals," Michael Cole, Managing Director and Healthcare Industry Leader at Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group, told Healthcare Dive.  He said his group is working on four deals right now.

Read more of Mike’s insights in the full article in Healthcare Dive here.