A packed waiting room used to mean a clinic was thriving. Today it can mean the exact opposite. Shrinking reimbursements, rising overhead, administrative burden, and insurance dependency are quietly destroying margins across healthcare. The future belongs to clinics built on infrastructure, not volume.

AJ Pakpour
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When Private Practices Merge with Hospital Systems, Costs Go Up‌‌

Private practices are vanishing as more doctors join large hospital systems. This increasing consolidation is reducing competition and raising prices, according to a study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton. ‌‌

Yale Insights