The nuances of the healthcare business, such as heavy receivables churn, can be difficult to account for from the lending perspective. Moreover, external factors such as a tumultuous regulatory environment, high interest rates, reduced availability of capital, and black swan events, such as a global pandemic, pose headwinds to providers’ financial viability.

The report is relevant to banks, financial institutions, and lenders looking to assess and explore the success factors and challenges associated with healthcare providers in the U.S., as well as healthcare providers seeking to identify best practices when applying for capital. It is based on interviews with 13 financial institutions and banks with a healthcare lending business line or unit and healthcare providers’ finance and accounts receivable departments to understand their lending practices.

Clients of Datos Insights’ Healthcare Payments service can download this report.

This report mentions BHG Money, Bank of America, Citigroup, Commerce Bank, Hippo Lending, JPMorgan Chase, Lendio, Live Oak Bank, PNC Bank, PatientFi, R1, Rectangle Health, and Wells Fargo.