So what will be the changes made to how the ratings go? The investors will want a return on their money and so far the company is showing profits of a little over 3 million for the 2nd quarter. 
Myself I have never been a big fan of ratings on doctors and hospitals as there’s really no way to do a fair comparison but the information on Health Grades can be helpful when looking for information. To me the only doctors that are important are the ones you are consulting/seeing and as far as the hospital, the one you happen to be in is the one you need to know about. Granted there are hospitals and doctors who perform services that are not offered at other facilities and that is important to know as well, but again to run up rankings on the flag pole has always been less than satisfactory to most. 
What we might end up seeing here is a heavier marketing push and more marketing driven in the doctor’s directions to profile themselves a bit differently or add more information.
How Big Are Private Equity Investments in Healthcare – Large Enough to Create a “Non-Profit” Trade Association To Talk About How to “Profit”
Even former HHS director Mike Leavitt has joined a private equity firm.
Former HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Joins Board of Healthcare Financial Services Company
Subsidiary Watch – The private equity firm of Vestar has over 7 billion in assets and under management. There are several healthcare companies already included in their portfolio and the combination of information data bases and business structures could be right around the corner. We are seeing business models connecting industries and companies that in the past would have never worked together but the big change today is that they all have “data” to work with, exchange and query for business intelligence type decisions that will lead to bigger profits by using algorithms to calculate. BD
Health Grades Inc., which provides ratings of hospitals and other health care providers, has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of the private equity firm Vestar Capital for about $294 million in cash, the companies said Wednesday.
Vestar has agreed to pay $8.20 per share of Health Grades, a 29 percent premium over Tuesday's $6.34 closing price and about 32 percent more than the stock's 30-day-average closing price.
Health Grades provides quality ratings as well as profiles and cost information on hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and prescription drugs.
Health Grades agrees to $294 private equity buyout - BusinessWeek
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