Swedish specialty care provider GHP has sold off two of its hospitals. The facilities, located in the Danish town of Aarhus and the Finnish capital Helsinki, were loss-making. We speak to Daniel Ohman and Philip Delborn, respectively CEO and CFO of GHP, and to Olof Bengtsson, CFO of Sweden-based operator Capio, who bought the Danish hospital.
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Brazilian care group to triple revenue in 18 months, says CEO
Brasil Senior Living (BSL), which claims to be Brazil’s largest long-term care company, is to triple its number of beds and revenue in the next 18 months, according to its CEO Ricardo Soares. He tells Healthcare Nova the long-term care market in Brazil is still in its infancy.
July 18, 2017
FREE BLOG How recruitment, regulation and recession have hit insurers in Brazil
Who carries out healthcare services may sound like something only providers have to deal with, but finding qualified medical staff that complies with regulation is also difficult for insurers. Brazil is a case in point.
July 17, 2017
Affidea sells Bulgarian arm to management
Pan-European diagnostic imaging group Affidea is selling its entire Bulgarian operation to Euromedica, a newly-formed Bulgarian operator run by the group’s ex-COO, for an undisclosed amount.
July 14, 2017
Vivalto Santé plans international expansion
French private hospital network Vivalto Santé wants to become more visible on the international stage by buying up facilities in neighbouring countries and setting up offices in North and West Africa in the hope of bringing in more foreign patients, says Guillaume Caille, director for international development.
July 13, 2017
Insurers still feel the squeeze in Brazil despite labour law changes
Despite being accused of corruption, Michel Temer and his government do have something to celebrate in Brazil this week. The Senate approved a controversial labour reform aiming to combat the country's rampant unemployment. The move has been widely welcome by the private sector but Healthcare Nova speaks to Ricardo Soares, CEO of Brazil’s largest long-term care provider Brasil Senior Living, who thinks it may not be enough to boost the homecare industry.
July 12, 2017
Interview: Paolo Silvano, general director at Vivalto Santé on France’s reform attempts
The new Macron-led government is planning to change the way in which private hospitals are remunerated to take into account quality of care and outcomes. But Paolo Silvano, general director of France’s third largest hospital chain Vivalto Sante, says there is a long way to go.
July 12, 2017
What does Emmanuel Macron want for the healthcare sector?
Newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron did not talk much about healthcare during his campaign. Now that his party has won a sweeping majority in Parliament, what is in store for the sector?
June 30, 2017
Aster DM may reduce IPO valuation
GCC-based hospital operator Aster DM may be looking to refile for an IPO in the next couple of weeks, but at a lower valuation.
June 30, 2017
Eurofins enters the Italian clinical testing market
Euronext-listed pan-European testing firm Eurofins is in the process of buying Genoma, a specialty genetics testing laboratory network in Italy – just three weeks after the acquisition of GATC, a genomics specialist in Germany.
June 28, 2017
Unilabs buys genetics lab network
Pan-European laboratory chain Unilabs has bought CGC Genetics, a medical genetics testing company in Portugal. Philipp Manser, CFO at Unilabs, tells Healthcare Europa that the group wants to position itself as a reference medical genetics provider.
June 26, 2017
Three key future trends for UK private healthcare
Expect more STPs (Sustainability and Transformation Plans), more self-pay and more salaried hospital doctors in the UK. That’s according to several speakers at the Private Healthcare Summit in London.
