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After May’s CPI Surge: 5 Scheduling, Staffing and Billing Changes Clinics Should Make Now
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After May’s CPI Surge: 5 Scheduling, Staffing and Billing Changes Clinics Should Make Now

May 2026’s CPI jump is creating immediate cost and demand pressures for outpatient practices. This post will translate the economic shift into five concrete operational moves — tightened capacity rules and slot planning, SLA-driven rescheduling to minimize lost revenue, short-term staffing adjustments, payment-collection and upfront-pay strategies, and KPI thresholds to trigger each action — plus quick templates managers can apply this month.

Juan Cabrera
Founder of SoftWorks Global & Business Systems Researcher