Margins at Indian hospital groups are under pressure after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixed the prices of stents last month, says Navneet Bali, COO of International Oncology Group Services.
The Indian primary care chain Healthspring is on target to beat its target of US$10 million annual sales for 2016-2017 and raise fresh capital, says CEO and co-founder Kaushik Sen.
Next on the reform agenda for Brazil’s centrist-Temer administration is the 70-year old labour code, 900 articles that menace businesses and are often blamed for 12% unemployment. The homecare industry, which relies on informal labour, could be a major benefactor predicts the CEO of the country’s largest formal chain.
The Philippines has tremendous potential. It has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, and yet it doesn’t have many large healthcare service providers and it lacks a medical infrastructure sufficient to cope with all its residents’ needs. Healthcare Nova looks at the current market there, government policy, and how the private sector is changing.
Recruitment, retention and training are now the primary challenges for the healthcare services industry. The obvious solution to keeping staff - paying more – is no longer working. Private operators around the world are now fishing in a global market that's short of 15m healthcare workers. So what practical solutions are operators putting into force and what really works? We talk to 25 operators from across the world.
Palcare, the Argentinian home palliative care provider, is looking to expand - both geographically, and the nature of the work it does. Healthcare Nova speaks to Gustavo Fodrini, CEO, to learn more about how the business is structured, how it delivers its services, and what plans he has for the future.
MPHHI, Filipino conglomerate MPIC’s hospital arm, is to launch a network of primary care centres. The group, whose net income surged 41% to P1.8bn (US$40m) in 2016, also wants to add a minimum of 10 hospitals to its network in the next five years, some of them from scratch – a departure from its usual buy-and-build growth strategy.
Hospital management group Hospital Corporation of China (HCC) is looking to raise HK$500m (US$64m) through an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange this month. The proceeds will help fund HCC’s expansion in China.
Who will win and who will lose in the GCC? To see what near unbridled private healthcare looks like nothing beats a trip to the GCC. Revenue is ballooning as mandatory PMI comes in for ex-pats. Meanwhile Abu Dhabi, Dubai and even Saudi Arabia are extremely willing to turn to the private sector for provision, functional outsourcing and even privatisation.
Israeli elderly care providers Golden House, which runs care homes and assisted living apartments in Israel and Europe, and real estate investor Ravad have bought LRH Homes in England for over £70m.
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