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Lockdown and Zoom create cosmetic boom

Demand for aesthetic surgical procedures and cosmetic dentistry is on the rise, fuelled by both a Zoom meeting culture where everyone is aware of their appearance on camera, and the lockdown enabling otherwise undisguisable procedures to remain hidden during recovery.

Vaccine tours to claw back medical tourism losses

A handful of medical tourism hubs are starting to organise 'vaccine tours' in a bid to replace lost revenue, HBI hears. The idea is to fly the wealthy to somewhere they can get a COVID-19 jab.

Your February 2021 Connect edition of Deals + Insights

Click here to see your February double edition of Deals + Insights In this bumper double edition we lead on the massive merger of UK and German rehab groups Priory and Median, creating Europe's sixth-largest for-profit operator (excluding elderly), advisors sounding out buyers for in-administration NMC Health, and a round-up of the recovery in M&A […]

Aetna Global Benefits for sale

The sales process has started on the sale of one of the top four global ex-pat healthcare insurers, HBI hears. We name names and potential buyers in what is likely to be a billion dollar plus deal.

HBI 2020: Emerging Markets – local trumps medical tourism

The IFC said at HBI 2020 that medical tourism in emerging markets is unlikely to normalise until the end of 2021. Providers say they are already doubling and tripling plans to build in domestic markets, rather than bringing patients to tourism hubs. 

HBI 2020: The future of domiciliary homecare – meeting an insatiable demand

In many markets there is a growing, perhaps even an insatiable demand for unskilled homecare. Is it a sector where it is possible to make money, and how? Is reimbursement sufficient? How do you attract and retain staff? And what effect is COVID having on the market? An expert panel at HBI 2020 considered all this, together with the biggest risks, and best opportunities, as we all dare to look forward to a more normal life in 2021.

Perella Weinberg sounds out buyers for $1bn+ NMC Health

Sell-side advisors Perella Weinberg are reportedly circulating teasers for in-administration international operator NMC Health's core GCC business with a view to a potential sale in April. We look at the potential for the potential new owners to consolidate the UAE hospital market.

Your December Connect edition of Deals + Insights

Click here to see your December Connect edition of Deals + Insights As a difficult year draws to a close, it's time to assess the impact COVID has had on healthcare services markets. In this edition we take an in-depth look at how rationing care in the pandemic has been killing the elderly, and ask […]

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