Industry Trends

There tends to be more variation across different palliative care programs versus the uniformity seen across some of its post-acute care counterparts.

People who can get to a doctor more easily are more likely to do so—and not just when they’re critically ill or facing an emergency.

Both retailers and traditional companies have their eye on a piece of the nearly $4 trillion health industry pie.

Griffin Hospital CEO Patrick Charmel told the governor that the hospital has been awaiting money from Prospect to pay their vendors. He said that the debt was over $40 million. In August, Prospect Medical Holdings' facilities were hit by a cyberattack that caused a disruption in some services.

There’s a big problem with measurement-based care in behavioral health that few are talking about: the fact that many clinicians are highly skeptical of payers.

The capital-raising environment for healthcare IT companies has been helped by recent improvements in health systems’ finances and capacity to invest.

This shift from volume to value necessitates a strategic rethinking of compensation plans for healthcare providers to align incentives, optimize patient outcomes, and maximize revenue.

There are also different types of diligence that can be conducted, including: financial, legal, insurance, employee benefits, billing and coding claims review and lender diligence.

Several organizations launched continuing education and clinical training programs in recent years with the goal supporting dentists' career development.

Positive payer trends in the market reflect the imbalance of high demand and a limited supply of behavioral health services. Still, companies need to execute well to convert demand into financial success.