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Stock market turbulence may increase in the coming weeks, as it has in early autumn in recent years. This time, bumps from potentially rising volatility could be especially rough because of existing market chaos.

Physician involvement can determine how much patients actually get out services provided

Most employers are looking at options to offer coverage while avoiding the costs of a group health plan; employees want more control and more options

MGMA surveys physicians to find out what could happen in 2023.

Nagging inflation is likely to force the Fed to raise the interest rates multiple times before the end of the year

Operating margins hurting as expenses climb, COVID-19 pandemic aftermath lingers.

Survey finds employers planning a multitude of measures to deal with the increases

Rising shelter and food costs offset drop in gas prices

Reports shows 136 rural hospitals have closed in the last decade

Study shows increases in patient volume and prices after private practices were acquired by private equity firms

What are ‘COVID dollars’ and why are the important for valuation and sale price of a healthcare business?

Stock market turbulence may increase in the coming weeks. Yet investors shouldn’t be looking around for parachutes marked “sell.”

Since 1960, reinvested dividends have accounted for 84% of the total return of the S&P 500

Struggles follow months of improvement

Spike in prices may be coming as food, gas, electricity, labor expenses all rise.

If a patient owes more than $7,500 in medical debt, you probably aren’t going to collect much from them

Even when eligible for social services, patients rarely recoup the income they have lost due to illness

Average cost per employee is estimated at $13,800

Labor troubles and investment losses have created difficult challenges for nonprofit hospitals and health systems

How will new federal law affect lives and wallets of physicians?

Almost a third of spending is on insurance premiums and out-of-pocket payments

Patients are either skipping care completely, cutting costs elsewhere, or borrowing money to pay for health care

Falling energy prices offset modest gains in other categories

CVS plans to rapidly expand into primary care by the end of the year

The sweeping legislation contains tax code reform, health care provisions and climate change action. What does it mean for physicians?

Health spending up 14.3% between 2016 and 2019

Consolidation, “reduced physician competition,” could lead to price increases for patients.

How to earn money ‘while you sleep’.

Increase in patient volume and revenue not enough to outweigh the growing cost of care