Hinson accepted Around $30,000 from executives from the private equity group, Apollo Global Management.
Apollo Global Management owned Lifepoint which ran Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Iowa. Apollo was accused of underinvesting in the hospital while investors made millions resulting in higher wait times, unsafe conditions and reduced quality of care.
Iowa Independent: Hinson Took Campaign Funds From Private Equity Owners Of For-Profit Ottumwa Hospital [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
Hinson Accepted About $30,000 From Executives Of Apollo Global Management. According to the Iowa Independent, “A campaign finance analysis by the nonprofit research organization American Bridge 21st Century found that Hinson’s campaigns collected about $30,000 in contributions in 2024 and 2025 from executives at Apollo Global Management.” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
Apollo Global Management Owned Lifepoint Health. According to the Iowa Independent, “The private equity firm, which is headquartered in New York, has owned Lifepoint Health since 2018.” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
Lifepoint Operated Hospitals In Iowa, Including Ottumwa Regional Health Center. According to the Iowa Independent, “In Iowa, Lifepoint operates rehabilitation hospitals in Clive and Coralville and the Ottumwa Regional Health Center, a 217-bed acute care hospital in Wapello County.” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
Senator Whitehouse And Senator Grassley Released A Report On The Impact Private Equity Had On Healthcare Which Partly Focused On Apollo’s Ownership Of The Ottumwa Facility. According to the Iowa Independent, “In January 2025, the then-chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, joined with the committee’s top Republican, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, to announce the results of a 2024 bipartisan committee staff investigation into the impact private equity investment in health care has on providers and patients. The 171-page ‘Profits Over Patients: The Harmful Effects of Private Equity on the U.S. Health Care System’ report focused on Apollo’s ownership of the Ottumwa facility and on one other private equity firm.” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
The Senators Claimed That Ottumwa Regional Health Center Was Failed By Apollo Owned Lifepoint And That Private Equity Ownership Resulted In Decreased Patients’ Quality Of Car. According to the Iowa Independent, “The press release said: ‘ORHC has been repeatedly failed by its private equity-owned operators, including current operator Lifepoint Health, which is owned by funds affiliated with Apollo. ORHC’s private equity-owned operators failed to fulfill seven promises—including legally binding ones—made to ORHC when it was first acquired by a private equity-owned operator in 2010. … The failed leadership of ORHC’s private equity-owned operators has decreased patients’ quality of care and caused the hospital financial harm. … Apollo has made millions in profits as a result of its investment into Lifepoint Health and ORHC’s previous private equity owners, even as the hospital’s operations have suffered.’” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
The Report Claimed That Underinvestment By The Hospital Owners Created “Dangerous Conditions For Patients” Including Higher Than Average Fall And Injury Rates As Well As May Have Continued To 9 Sexual Assaults At Ottumwa Regional Health Center. According to the Iowa Independent, “According to the report, the committee’s investigation found that underinvestment by the hospital’s owners ‘created dangerous conditions for patients. This report previously described how insufficient staffing, the lack of standard diversion prevention infrastructure, and the maintenance of a provider with questionable behaviors may have contributed to nine sexual assaults at ORHC. Insufficient staffing may have also been a contributing factor to the hospital’s higher than average falls and falls with injury rates in 2021-2023.’” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]
Senator Grassley Claimed That Wait Times At Ottumwa Regional Health Center Went Up While Patient Experience Went Down Due To Private Equity Ownership. According to the Iowa Independent, “‘The Ottumwa community has personally felt the impact of private equity on its health care system. Under private equity ownership, wait times at Ottumwa Regional Health Center have gone up as patient experience has gone down. The diminishing quality of care, service availability and care capacity at the hospital is forcing Ottumwa residents to travel significant distances in order to receive appropriate treatment. Iowans deserve better,’ Grassley said in his office’s press release. ‘A dependable health care system is essential to the vitality of a community. As always, sunshine is the best disinfectant. This report is a step toward ensuring accountability, so that hospitals’ financial structures can best serve patients’ medical needs.’” [Iowa Independent, 5/28/26]