A large group of colleagues from Boston, most employed by and/or past owners of the Boston IVF enterprise, one of the largest IVF clinic chains in the country, which since it was initially sold by its founders has changed hands two or three times (it is hard not to lose track) and is now part of IVI-RMA, likely the largest private equity-owned worldwide IVF franchise, published a study which claimed to have examined “the effect of one of their a large-scale mergers on in vitro fertilization outcomes and patient satisfaction.