Medical Staffing Invoice Funding – Tips For Managing Customer Fears
December 5, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
Many medical staffing business owners worry that their customers (hospitals, nursing homes, medical clinics, etc.) will misinterpret their decision to factor as a signal of financial instability. In reality, deciding to get medical staffing invoice funding help is an encouraging indication that your medical staffing business is stable, rapidly growing, and in high demand.
To help alleviate your concerns and to educate your customers about medical staffing invoice funding, consider the following: Read more
How Medical Supplies Companies Benefit From Factoring
November 1, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
Now more than ever, medical supplies companies are looking for alternative financing sources.
Banks are not approving loans like they used to and recurring cash flow challenges for medical supplies companies are not going away.
Medical supplies factoring has been evaluated in the past, but this alternative financing option is becoming a popular and convenient solution to cash flow problems. Read more
Factoring Medical Billing Companies – Frequently Asked Questions
October 3, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
A lot of questions can come up when a business owner starts researching medical billing funding solutions – the idea of selling their invoices to a factor or medical billing funding agency. This article addresses some of the more frequently asked questions Read more
Allied Health Staffing Factoring – A Financing Solution For Expanding Companies
September 5, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
The growing nurse shortage has been in the headlines for years, but there is another very real shortage that’s also affecting our nation…the allied health personnel shortage.
Defined as clinical healthcare professionals that assist physicians and nurses, allied health personnel are an important part of the healthcare system. Hospitals, nursing homes and clinics are beginning to feel the stress of the aging Read more
Healthcare Staffing Funding – Bank Loan or Accounts Receivable Factoring?
August 1, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
When prospective healthcare staffing businesses compare factoring fees to bank lending rates, factoring almost always seems more expensive.
Oftentimes, factoring prospects annualize the percentage charged by factors, extrapolating three percent per month to an interest rate of 36 percent per year. In the world of healthcare staffing financing, this scenario is like comparing apples to oranges. Read more
Factoring – How Medical Billing Companies Can Avoid the Double Credit Crunch
July 3, 2011 by Philip Cohen · 2 Comments
In this economy, many service-oriented small businesses are struggling to obtain cash on two fronts – (1) Acquiring or extending a line of credit and (2) Getting their customers to pay in a timely manner.
Outsourced medical billing providers are just one type of business that is being affected by the “double credit crunch.” On the one hand, banks have Read more
Credit Squeeze Keeps Factoring Companies Busy
June 6, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
A small business owner who is trying to grow his/her business during a booming economy will hit some speed bumps when applying for traditional financing if he/she cannot show an extensive profitable operating history.
Throw in the current economic climate, and the chance of an entrepreneur obtaining a conventional bank loan is slim to none. When loans are no longer an option, business owners have to find Read more
What is Accounts Receivable Factoring?
May 2, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
Cash flow problems often occur at the early stages of business development or during periods of rapid growth.
Cash flow especially becomes a problem in industries where it’s typical for completed work to go unpaid for 30, 60, or even 90 days after issuing the invoice. Thus, when growing companies start experiencing growth pains, they first try to Read more
Why Temporary Nurse Staffing Companies Make Great Candidates For Factoring
April 9, 2011 by Philip Cohen · Leave a Comment
There are two instances when a temporary nurse staffing agency could encounter a bit of a cash flow crisis. The first is when the agency is just starting out, and the second is when it hits a period of rapid growth.
To a bank looking at a loan application, neither situation is attractive. On the contrary, to some factors both of these situations might sound very appealing, and this article explains why. Read more
Medical Billing Companies Increase Cash Flow Through Factoring
March 1, 2011 by Philip Cohen · 2 Comments
While the public’s confidence on the economy continues to spiral downward, the demand for health care in this country continues to grow.
According to the National Coalition on Health Care, the U.S. spent approximately 17% of its GDP in 2008 on health care costs. That percentage is expected to jump to 20% by 2017. Read more



