Countries across the Asia-Pacific that are trying to implement UHC have seen more people paying for healthcare through compulsory and voluntary payment schemes.
The introduction of diagnosis-related group (DRG) payments to Dubai's hospital sector in 2019 will lead to a boom in the nascent post-acute rehab market according to a local operator.
HBI talks to Dr Helmut Schuehsler, chairman and CEO at TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, Dubai and Singapore, about the group’s prospective exit from its current healthcare assets, its hunt for new investments, and the MENA market more specifically.
After a long career at radiotherapy supplier Varian where he ended as Vice President, Global Market Development, Michael has set up his own consultancy to advise governments, international agencies and the private sector on the development of radiation therapy services in general and the best business models. HBI asks him where the opportunities are and what they look like.
The number of dialysis patients treated by Diaverum and DaVita in Saudi Arabia nearly doubled in 2017, while the overall dialysis population grew double-digits and will do so again in 2018, according to an official report. Based on session payment rates reported by HBI, the 2017 market was worth around US$800m.
HBI hears that investment group TVM Capital will soon be looking to divest itself of its healthcare services assets, and is looking at fresh investments in the sector.
Grupo Notre Dame Intermedica (GNDI), one of Brazil's largest hospital groups, is hoping to raise around R$3bn ($775m) from the sale of new shares this month. We speak to a Brazilian healthcare expert to find out what this means for the company and investors.
Pan-Asian hospital operator IHH is likely to float SRL, the diagnostics arm of troubled hospital chain Fortis, next year, according to some local reports - but Healthcare Nova has heard different.
International dialysis provider Diaverum has expanded in Brazil with the acquisition of three clinics following its initial entry into Latin America's largest market in January, 2018.
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