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Aetna looks to emerging markets

Giant US healthcare insurer Aetna looks set to put its foot on the accelerator pedal in emerging markets. Dr Sneh Khemka, Senior Vice President of International Population Health Solutions at Aetna International, says Aetna has plans to rollout telehealth services in the coming year – and it seems that it has some large markets in its sights. Dr Sneh Khemka, Senior Vice President of International Population Health Solutions at Aetna International, would neither confirm nor deny that to be the case, but he was happy to talk about Aetna’s plans to rollout telehealth services in the coming year – and it seems that Aetna has some large markets in its sights.
January 25, 2017

Interview: Dr Susann Roth, Senior Social Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) lends more than US$16bn to projects across the continent each year, primarily in the infrastructure field. Last year, just US$0.34bn of that lending went to health - but that is set to change as the bank's interest in social sectors is growing. So what role does the bank believe the private sector should play in the region's health systems? How will they achieve universal health coverage (UHC)? And how good is existing regulation? These are the questions we put to Susann Roth, a German doctor and public health specialist who has been with the bank for more than seven years.
January 24, 2017

FREE BLOG The rise and rise of subscription health care

Subscription health care, where individuals or companies pay for access to a set of healthcare services, is set to explode. And it works both in Europe and Emerging Markets. Falck has over 1m subscribers to its family subscription service in Latin America with subscribers paying to get access to primary care and other services as […]
January 24, 2017

Interview: Manasije Mishra, CEO Aetna India, MD of Indian Health Organisation

Manasije Mishra is the CEO of Aetna India, and managing director of Indian Health Organisation (IHO). IHO runs a membership scheme which, for a modest fee, gives its half-a-million members access to everything from free consultations with a doctor to access to discounted outpatient and lab services, and telemedicine. We talk to him about his business model, his members, and his plans for expansion.
January 23, 2017

Swedish entrepreneur gives GCC dentistry a polish

Per Rehnberg, former boss of Colosseum Smile, the largest private dentistry chain in the Nordics is now building a chain in the GCC starting with Abu Dhabi. He started off by going mystery shopping with his own choppers and some X-rays. What did he learn about the sector?
January 18, 2017

Interview: Omar Arteaga, senior manager at KPMG Colombia

A recent study by Latin American business publication Economia identified Colombia’s hospital sector as ‘the new star’ in the region, with 21 hospitals appearing in its top 44 best hospitals in Latin America. Omar Arteaga, senior manager at KPMG Colombia, explains why.
January 18, 2017

Delhi High Court blocks Fortis sale to TPG

The High Court of Delhi has accepted an application by the Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo to block the sale of the Indian hospital group Fortis Healthcare to the private equity house TPG today. The Singh brothers, who own 83% of the group, were reportedly considering an INR 3,000 crore (US$451m) bid for a 26% stake in the group with a “control premium”.
January 17, 2017
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