Industry Trends

Medical groups and healthcare organizations reported a 6.1% increase in primary care compensation in 2022 compared to 2021.

The consultancy, which surveyed actuaries at insurers that offer group and individual plans, said the increase outstrips its predictions for 2022 and 2023, which were 5.5% and 6% respectively.

The global menopause market hit $15.4 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $24.4 billion by 2030, according to data from Grand View Research.

“We are experiencing a slower profit ramp for U.S. Healthcare,” Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer said on the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call.

Twelve percent of adults in the U.S. say their healthcare providers currently use AI to help diagnose, treat or communicate with patients, but 66% expect AI to play a bigger role in healthcare in the next five years, the survey also found.

In the premier episode of The Capital Corner, McGuireWoods partner Geoff Cockrell talks to Seven Hills Capital founding partner Matt Pettit about investing in the small to mid-sized healthcare market.

Some home health providers are adding services to tap into the $80 billion behavioral health sector.

Investment in primary care in the U.S. lags that of other high-income countries, and America has a smaller share of primary care physicians than most of its European counterparts.

After four quarters of declines in funding in the digital health space, global digital health funding held steady in the first quarter of this year at $3.4 billion.

Increased investment in urgent care centers is needed as healthcare delivery models change and patients with non-life-threatening conditions opt for ease of access, according to a recent analysis by Colliers.