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An informative article published in Capture Billing states, patients are more in control of the patient-doctor relationship than ever before. The proliferation of third-party healthcare websites, including numerous sites dedicated to reviewing doctors and medical practices, opens up patients to a wealth of new information once restricted only to conversations with their doctor.

With 2016 coming to a close, have you charted your plan for success in 2017? According to a recent article released by Entrepreneur Magazine there are 5 key points to consider when establishing a plan to grow your business in 2017:

A recent report conducted by the Kauffman Foundation contains some positive and negative indicators for the American small business owner. The report noted,

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 

In an article written this month on business.com Dan Blacharski reports, “The housing crash of 2008-2009 continues to have repercussions in the minority-owned small business community, for which business loans are increasingly unavailable. Frequently, these groups of excluded borrowers refer to non-white, non-immigrant citizens with marginal to severe credit woes. For minority business owners, that adds up to roughly 4.1 million companies with little or no access to business credit.” Blacharski goes on to say,

With the Presidential election just days away, Provider Web Capital conducted a two week survey gathering the last minute opinions of healthcare practice owners. Regardless of which candidate wins, we are likely to see sweeping changes to healthcare and a wave of new government regulations. Our main objective was to determine what changes healthcare agencies would like to see when the new administration takes office.  And well, the results are in…

The Business Journals reports, as a leading voice for the small-business sector, one of the factors I track and report on is public policy.

NPR reports, Minimum wages are on their way to $15 an hour in New York and California. Workers look forward to the bump. But some small businesses are bracing for a hit to their bottom line.

Business Insider reports, “Shark Tank” has changed the outlook for many small businesses over its eight years on the air. That makes its stars some of the most knowledgeable people on earth when it comes to what makes or breaks small businesses and why they’re so important to the American economy.

According to the NFIB, even though Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been conspicuously mum about their minimum wage plans during the debates, small business owners have plenty of reason for concern.