State of Local SEO 2026: GBP Clicks Are Falling as Local Pack Ads Hit 31% of Queries
Local Services Ads now appear on nearly 31% of tracked queries — up from 11% at the start of 2025 — while Google Business Profile organic clicks are…
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2026 Patient Acquisition Cost Benchmarks: Why Conversion Beats Spend Cuts
Healthcare patient acquisition cost (PAC) ranges from $155 for pediatrics to $610 for cosmetic surgery in 2026, with most of that variance driven by conversion rate, not ad…
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AI in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Is Delivering Real Results: 2026 Oliver Wyman Survey
AI in healthcare revenue cycle management has crossed a critical threshold: it is now delivering measurable, repeatable results at enterprise scale. Oliver Wyman’s 2026 Healthcare RCM Survey of…
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Whitespark’s 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors: What Actually Moves Rankings
Google Business Profile signals account for 32% of local search ranking weight in 2026, the largest single factor in Whitespark’s annual survey of 47 local SEO experts. Review…
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69% of DSOs Plan More Acquisitions in 2026, TUSK Reports
Sixty-nine percent of DSOs expect their private equity sponsors to push for moderate-to-high increases in acquisition activity in 2026, according to TUSK Practice Sales’ Q2 2026 Dental Market…
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MGMA 2026 Compensation Report: Physician Pay Rises as Productivity Falls
Physician compensation rose across every specialty in 2025 even as productivity fell, according to MGMA’s 2026 Provider Compensation and Productivity Data report, drawing on data from more than…
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JAMA Study: Ambient AI Scribes Boost RVUs 5.8% — The Real ROI Is Physician Retention
Ambient AI scribes at health systems generate measurable financial returns: a peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open study examining 1.2 million ambulatory encounters found access to an ambient AI scribe…
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ASC M&A in 2026: Health Systems and PE Compete for Surgery Center Assets
Ambulatory surgery center M&A remains active in 2026, with private equity and health systems both accelerating acquisition pace. Tenet Healthcare’s USPI deployed $125 million in Q1 2026 alone…
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Healthcare Marketing Benchmarks 2026: Full-Funnel CAC and LTV:CAC Data Across 12 Specialties
This benchmark analysis by Foundry CRO aggregates third-party primary data from LocaliQ, Unbounce, MGMA, Tebra, and 9Clouds — verify specialty-specific figures against current primary sources before making budget…
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Wolters Kluwer 2026 AI Survey: Clinician Adoption Triples, but Trust Gap Widens
Wolters Kluwer’s 2026 Future Ready Healthcare Survey—355 clinicians and 254 patients polled by Ipsos in March—reveals AI adoption surging while governance awareness lags sharply. Physician AI use tripled…