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CNBC reports, One by one, key health care industry groups are telling the incoming Republican administration and Congress that it's not a good idea to repeal the 2010 health care law without clear plans to address the consequences.

According to Entrepreneur Magazine, With the busy holiday season fast approaching, now is the time many small-business owners start thinking about goals for the upcoming year -- maybe it’s expanding to an additional location, introducing a new product or even hiring staff in order to achieve better work-life balance.Just as you did when you developed your first business plan, it is important to take a step back and evaluate your next set of goals -- that way you’re proactively managing your business and setting measurable benchmarks you can track. Based on my conversations with entrepreneurs like you.

According to Home Health Care News, A new bill could expand who can conduct initial assessments for home health visits in certain cases. The bill, the Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2016, would loosen some restrictions at a time when the industry has seen an influx of new, burdensome regulations.

Recently published in The New York Times, Donald J. Trump once declared that campaigning for “substantial” changes to Medicare would be a political death wish. But with Election Day behind them, emboldened House Republicans say they will move forward on a years-old effort to shift Medicare away from its open-ended commitment to pay for medical services and toward a fixed government contribution for each beneficiary. The idea rarely came up during Mr. Trump’s march toward the White House, but a battle over the future of Medicare could roil Washington during his first year in office, whether he wants it or not.

A recent article published on Healthcare Dive states, for today's healthcare industry, finding and keeping top-notch physicians, nurses and other providers is key to patients’ wellbeing and high patient satisfaction scores. But competition for higher-quality talent is fierce and turnover can be high. According to Nursing Solutions’ 2016 Healthcare Staffing Survey, 67% of hospitals report rising turnover rates, with an average rate for bedside RNs of 16.4%. And according to the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, 20.4% of healthcare employees — one in every five — quit their jobs each year.

According to the 2016 Kauffman Index of Main Street Entrepreneurship, released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation,Sharp uptick in small business survival rates, which drove increase in Main Street activity rates exceeded pre-recession levels for the first time. 

A recent article on Monster asks, are you a healthcare professional who's feeling anything but merry about working yet another holiday shift? Healthcare veterans offer tips on how to banish your inner grinch and make the most of another holiday on the job.

Healthcare Finance reports, Hospital and health system consolidation will continue to build, giving the delivery system a significant makeover during the next decade, according to Health Care 2020: Consolidation, a new report published by the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Over that time, healthcare organizations will be challenged to prove that the changing landscape actually improves value to consumers.

Considering a loan for your healthcare business?  Finding a loan to fit your individual needs can be a daunting task.  Please view this replay of our recent webinar and learn more about the various options that are available and what to expect from the process.

On this webinar, experts from Provider Web Capital discuss:

• Ways to improve your experience with banks and alternative lenders

• What is typically required in the applications process

• The different types of financing that is available for business just like yours.

Click here to view the webinar.  The password for this replay is: Provider1 

An informative article regarding the challenges minority- owned businesses face was recently published on business.com. According to Dan Blacharski, since the collapse of the housing market in 2008-2009, minorities in the U.S. have been hit disproportionately hard by lenders who are giving mortgages only to the strongest borrowers. The housing crash continues to have repercussions in the minority-owned small business community, for which business loans are increasingly unavailable.