Multiple sources tell HBI Spanish for-profit hospital group Grupo Recoletas is up for sale, and rival HM Hospitales could follow if it hasn't already. Recoletas outright denies there is any process.
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Sanoptis targets Spain for expansion
Sanoptis, Germany’s second largest ophthalmology group by revenue, is looking to expand in Spain, and beyond, and looking at targets to buy.
January 13, 2023
Winning the workforce war: Evercare expands training facilities
Many emerging market hospital groups seem a hot ticket at the moment. They have the stability which comes with hospitals, married to far more growth than you might expect in Europe, but the workforce war is making investors think twice. HBI speaks to two experts to learn more about how in-house training is proving to be a solution to workforce woes.
January 13, 2023
FREE BLOG HBI’s Team Predictions for 2023
Drawing inspiration from prediction lists that make the rounds this time of year like this one from our sources, we asked some of our team here at HBI to pen down some of their thoughts on what we can expect over the next 12 months and beyond. So here are our top picks for news and trends HBI expects will colour 2023 - across hospitals, labs, elderly care, fertility, dentistry, coronavirus, digitisation and more.
January 6, 2023
Eight predictions for for-profit health care in 2023
2022 was a tumultuous year for for-profit health care. The year began with a sense of things returning to a new normal, after the major disruption of the Covid pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021. But then, not even two months in, Russia invaded Ukraine, and this quickly led to an energy and economic crisis throughout Europe. For the first time in decades inflation reached double-digit figures across almost every OECD country and the era of near-zero interest rates came to an abrupt end. The second half of the year saw major worries about a looming recession and a potential debt crisis, rapidly falling investment and M&A deal volumes slowing to almost a standstill.
January 6, 2023
How optimistic are US insurers and operators about 2023?
Accounting and Consultancy firm Deloitte US' industry outlook survey of health care operators and investors reveals what 71 c-suite executives of health systems and insurance with $500m+ revenue think 2023 will hold.
January 6, 2023
Atrys offloads 25% of Conversia amid stock slump
Spanish based diagnostic labs group Atrys has sold 24.9% of its stake in regulatory compliance subsidiary Conversia to Arragio NW Segundo for €20m. The move comes after a disappointing year where the firm has seen its share price fall 39%.
January 6, 2023
Softened Hungarian reform still risks workforce exodus
The Hungarian government has removed from its proposed new health care law the requirement that private doctors would need to work at least 20 hours a month in the public sector. However, the rest of the controversial reform remains unaltered.
January 6, 2023
Extensive reforms could change the face of German healthcare
German health minister Karl Lauterbach has set out detailed reforms which would change the face of German healthcare, sound the death knell for small hospitals, and signal an end to overactivity.
December 31, 2022
Wide-sweeping reforms could change the face of German healthcare
German health minister Karl Lauterbach has set out detailed reforms which would change the face of German healthcare, sound the death knell for small hospitals, and signal an end to overactivity.
December 23, 2022
VC interest in digital health investment remains strong
Despite economic downturn and inflationary pressure, venture capital interest in healthcare, and specifically digital health, remains strong. HBI chats with UK investment company Albion VC to find out more.
December 23, 2022
PPP and PMI opportunities in Hungarian healthcare in 2023
2023 may be a big year for Hungarian private healthcare as finance minister Mihály Varga has promised PMI and private healthcare providers they will have “a lot to do” in the coming year.
