In human med, it's a pretty standard practice to offer a management company 10% ownership for them to handle the business shit.
I'm not arguing with you; I'm legitimately curious what happened to that model and why PE has swooped in as more attractive to doctors. Maybe it's the payout and/or the fact that they don't have to handle business owner decisions at _all_ anymore?
Those are two different things, typically. A business manager taking 10% means they're still running the practice day to day and seeing patients. PE will come in to buy the entire practice from the doctor/dentist/vet that owns the practice, buying it from them entirely.