The Abu Dhabi government had made a U-turn on its July 2016 decision to impose a 20% co-pay on private services for Thiqa cardholders. It has also lifted all IVF-related restrictions. This is good news for private operators present in the emirate, including NMC and Mediclinic.
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UK dentistry group signs £15m deal with JSE-listed investor
Dentex Healthcare Group, a UK dental partnership network that launched three years ago, is getting a £15m investment from South African-Mauritian firm Universal Partners to expand across the UK. We speak to Dentex CEO Barry Lanesman.
May 10, 2017
Cofinimmo buys in the Netherlands
Belgian real estate investor Cofinimmo has spent €21m in four healthcare properties, including two Medical Office Buildings (MOBs), in the Netherlands over the past two months.
May 10, 2017
Aspen up for sale – but who will buy it?
UK hospital chain Aspen, which is owned by American operator Tenet Healthcare, is reportedly for sale for the (low) price of £150m. But who is likely to buy it? We look at prospective buyers.
May 9, 2017
Eurofins enters German clinical diagnostics market
Pan-European bioanalysis giant Eurofins has bought Hygel, a laboratory chain in the North Rhine-Westphalia, providing the group an entry into the German lab market.
May 8, 2017
Specialty outpatient centres “without doctors” open near Delhi
Reheal Clinics, a new outpatient network based in cities near Delhi, is using external doctors to provide specialty telemedicine services. Its founder, Ankur Bharti, tells Healthcare Nova he already has a deal with hospital chain Medanta.
May 5, 2017
How, why and whether to outsource labs in India
With outsourcing in the lab diagnostics sector expected to rise in mature markets, what does the picture look like in emerging economies? Abhishek Singh, chief of strategy at Valiance Health and Ankur Bharti, CEO of Reheal Clinics (both ex-PwC) tell Healthcare Nova that hospitals are increasingly like to seek external partners to help run their pathology business.
May 5, 2017
FREE BLOG Ten more things we learned from HBI 2017
Technical change could dramatically de-skill in the next five years Change is coming faster than you think. Computer added diagnosis of images could be 3-5 years off, rather than a decade away. Already machines can interpret many images more reliably than radiologists, according to several operators. In dentistry, new imaging techniques mean that the siting […]
April 27, 2017
Orpea becomes Czechia’s largest nursing home operator
Europe’s second biggest elderly care chain Orpea is continuing its expansion in Central Europe after announcing two acquisitions. It becomes Czechia's largest operator in elderly care, and further penetrates the Austrian market.
April 26, 2017
HBI 2017: How is the payer-provider relationship changing?
With budgets shrinking and a healthcare industry under increasing cost pressure, the HBI 2017 asked two large insurers, AXA and Aetna, about how the payer-provider relationship is evolving - and what needs to be done to drive value.
April 26, 2017
HBI 2017: Taking advantage of post-acute homecare opportunities in emerging markets
Hospitals are facing increasing pressure to extend their services - and one solution, according to operators at HBI 2017, is to look to the post-acute homecare segment which offers an opportunity to follow the patient once they are discharged.
April 25, 2017
HBI 2017: South East Asia – high growth, high margins, high valuations, but for whom?
An underserved region seeing some of the highest growth rates in the world, South East Asia (SEA) is experiencing a boom in private healthcare services. Speakers at the 2017 HBI conference in London looked at the numbers behind the main regional operators.
