Healthcare executives have a fairly positive outlook for 2016, based on a study titled "2016 Middle Market Healthcare Outlook."
Here are six takeaways:
1. Seventy-one percent of healthcare executives expect their revenues to rise this year.
2. The majority of respondents (55 percent) expect to seek financing in the next year, compared to 44 percent of healthcare executives in 2015.
3. Of respondents, 53 percent believe their company's M&A activity will increase across the industry, compared to 41 percent saying it will remain stable.
4. Eighty percent believe consumers should be and are using technology to monitor their healthcare needs.
5. Almost all (91 percent) think consumers won't be able to withstand higher healthcare costs than they currently face.
6. Sixty-five percent of healthcare executives believe current government regulations have had a positive impact on their company's growth.
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