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Navigating Urgent Care Valuations in Unusual Times

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The urgent care industry has been experiencing accelerated patient visit volume into 2021, continuing trends started in 2020.
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October 26, 2021

Recent Urgent Care Volume Surge Supports Elevated Patient Volume Forecasts

The urgent care industry has been experiencing accelerated patient visit volume into 2021, continuing trends started in 2020. Factors contributing to this surge include return visits from 2020 first-time users who are more familiar with urgent care offerings, the emergence of the delta variant combined with a reduction in the number of public testing sites for COVID-19, as well as the re-emergence of normal medical conditions (e.g. flu, sprains, etc.) from the reopening of schools and general activity. Whether these volumes are sustainable is the key question buyers and sellers are asking.

By the Numbers

After a moderate spring 2021, visit volume began to surge during the summer, according to patient volume statistics from a report in the fall 2021 issue of Urgent Care Quarterly by Experity Inc., the industry’s leading electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management software company. Example statistics from the report include:

Source: Fall 2021 Urgent Care Quarterly, Experity, Inc.

Source: Fall 2021 Urgent Care Quarterly, Experity, Inc.

Yes, But…

With the surge in volume, a number of new business and operational challenges have emerged, including:

Health Care Valuation Takeaways

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