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Running Your Clinic

How to Think About Refinancing a Clinic Loan

Refinancing gets discussed in two circumstances: when interest rates move down, and when a practice has grown enough that it deserves better terms than it got at startup. Both can...

April 14, 2026 ...
Practice Value

What Practice Valuation Multiples Actually Mean for Independent Operators

The EBITDA multiple gets treated as a transaction-day concern — a number that matters when you're selling. In practice, it's a useful lens on the value of every operational decision...

April 14, 2026 ...
Property & Lease

How Leasehold Improvements Work — Financing, Depreciation, and What to Push For in the Lease

Leasehold improvements sit at an uncomfortable intersection for clinic operators: they're usually the largest startup cost, they have limited collateral value from a lender's perspective, and they're also what makes...

April 14, 2026 ...
Starting a Clinic

What the Profitability Model Looks Like for a New Clinic in Year One

Year one clinic financial projections often show a trajectory from negative to positive — a loss in the early months, a break-even point somewhere in the middle, and modest profitability...

April 14, 2026 ...
Starting a Clinic

How Medical Spa Clinics Are Structured Financially

Medical aesthetics is one of the fastest-growing segments of the North American healthcare services market by most published measures. It's also one of the most financially distinct — with a...

April 14, 2026 ...
Benchmarks & Margins

What Healthy Margins Look Like for a Dental Practice

Two dental practices can generate the same gross revenue and produce very different net incomes. Understanding why that happens — and what specific overhead variables create the spread — is...

April 14, 2026 ...
Practice Value

The Real Cost of Opening a Dental Practice in Canada

Opening a dental practice in Canada is a capital-intensive project by almost any measure. The equipment requirements are more complex than most healthcare specialties. The fit-out requirements — operatory plumbing,...

April 14, 2026 ...
Benchmarks & Margins

What Healthy Margins Look Like for a Physiotherapy or Physical Therapy Practice

The question of whether a physiotherapy or physical therapy practice is financially healthy has a specific, measurable answer — but it depends heavily on which inputs you're comparing and which...

April 14, 2026 ...
Financing & Capital

How SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 Work for US Clinic Operators

SBA financing is referenced constantly in US small business lending conversations — and consistently misunderstood. The SBA doesn't lend money. It guarantees loans made by participating private lenders. Understanding that...

April 14, 2026 ...