This bill creates new criminal and civil penalties targeting private equity firms and their executives when their cost-cutting or profit-driven practices harm healthcare workers and patients. Specifically, it makes it illegal for private equity owners, executives, and major shareholders to keep compensation (bonuses, stock options, management fees, etc.) if their actions contribute to a "triggering event"—situations like a healthcare facility closing, filing for bankruptcy, or failing to pay employees for over 90 days. When these harmful events occur, the government can force these individuals and firms to return money they earned from the healthcare company during the 10 years before or after the triggering event. The bill also requires healthcare companies to report detailed information about their ownership structure, debt levels, real estate deals, and financial arrangements to federal authorities, with this information made public so patients and communities can see who controls their healthcare providers. Additionally, the bill eliminates tax breaks that previously allowed real estate investment trusts to own healthcare properties, and it directs the government to study how profit-driven practices in healthcare—like aggressive billing, staff cuts, and insurance company denials—affect patient care and worker wellbeing.