Broken Promises: Regulators Question Leonard Greenade Investment in Prospect Medical Holdings

The report alleges that Leonard Green & Partners extracted at least $658 million in fees and dividends from Prospect Medical Holdings while failing to meet capital investment commitments to safety net hospitals. It highlights a $457 million debt-financed dividend in 2018 that may have rendered the company technically insolvent. In Rhode Island, Prospect is accused of misleading regulators by counting operating losses and forgiven management fees as capital expenditures to secure tax breaks. The document also notes similar failures in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and questions the $10 million valuation of Leonard Green's majority stake sale to company management.

• Leonard Green & Partners and other owners extracted at least $658 million in fees and dividends from Prospect Medical Holdings, including a $457 million dividend in 2018 that was paid despite assurances to Rhode Island regulators that no further distributions were planned.
• The 2018 dividend likely caused Prospect Medical Holdings to become technically insolvent, as its liabilities grew to $2.440 billion against assets of $1.862 billion by September 2018, compared to a positive position in September 2017.
• Prospect failed to meet a $61 million long-term capital commitment for hospitals in Rhode Island by the June 2020 deadline; an independent monitor could only confirm $29.75 million in expenditures as of March 2020.
• Prospect attempted to mislead Rhode Island regulators by counting $14.4 million in physician practice operating losses and $20 million in forgiven management fees as capital expenditures to maintain tax breaks in Providence and North Providence.
• A 2019 sale-leaseback transaction with Medical Properties Trust did not improve Prospect's financial health, as it merely replaced debt with lease liabilities and resulted in higher rent and interest payments.
• The $10 million valuation for Leonard Green's majority stake sale to management is questioned because it was a non-arms-length transaction conducted without an independent third-party valuation.
• Prospect demonstrated a pattern of broken commitments in other states, including investing only $26 million of a promised $50 million in New Jersey's East Orange General Hospital and failing to fully fund the Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation in Pennsylvania.

APA

Private Equity Stakeholder Project (2020). Broken Promises: Regulators Question Leonard Greenade Investment in Prospect Medical Holdings. https://pestakeholder.org/news/broken-promises-rhode-island-regulators-question-leonard-greens-investment-in-prospect-medical-holdings-2/

Chicago

Private Equity Stakeholder Project. Broken Promises: Regulators Question Leonard Greenade Investment in Prospect Medical Holdings. 2020. https://pestakeholder.org/news/broken-promises-rhode-island-regulators-question-leonard-greens-investment-in-prospect-medical-holdings-2/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{privateequitystakeholderproject2020broken, author = {{Private Equity Stakeholder Project}}, title = {{Broken Promises: Regulators Question Leonard Greenade Investment in Prospect Medical Holdings}}, institution = {Private Equity Stakeholder Project}, year = {2020}, month = jul, url = {https://pestakeholder.org/news/broken-promises-rhode-island-regulators-question-leonard-greens-investment-in-prospect-medical-holdings-2/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }