Podcast: Taking the Temperature of Healthcare Lending
May 19, 2025 – The private credit sector, particularly direct lending to healthcare businesses, is navigating a complex environment shaped by economic volatility and regulatory uncertainty. In a recent episode of the Middle Market Growth Conversations podcast, hosted by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Javier Casillas, Managing Director and Global Chief Credit Officer, and Sachin Garg, Principal at WhiteHorse Capital, shared their perspectives on the current state of healthcare direct lending.
Their conversation explores the key risks facing lenders, including labor shortages, rising costs, and increased regulatory scrutiny, as well as emerging opportunities in resilient healthcare segments. They also discuss how recent regulatory developments and macroeconomic conditions, particularly rising interest rates and tighter liquidity, are reshaping direct lending strategies in the sector.
Listen to ACG’s podcast: Taking the Temperature of Healthcare Lending.
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WhiteHorse Capital offers flexible, creative lending solutions to middle market companies across a wide range of industries, including Telecom, Media and Technology, Healthcare, Business Services and Financial Services. WhiteHorse has a broad investment mandate and provides senior and subordinated debt for refinancings, growth capital, acquisitions, buyouts, and balance sheet recapitalizations. WhiteHorse professionals, across the U.S. and Europe, have extensive experience and a proven track record of providing creative financing structures and employing a long-term relationship-oriented portfolio management philosophy. For more information, visit whitehorse.com.