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NMC sells Aspen opco to NorthWest

Canadian REIT NorthWest Healthcare Properties has acquired hospital operator Aspen Healthcare UK Limited from NMC Health, a year after it bought the bulk of its real estate. It mirrors what happened to larger UK chain BMI Healthcare three years ago. 

Comeback treatments squeeze payors

Claims on private medical insurance were higher than expected for some providers in the second quarter, hitting or even exceeding pre-pandemic levels for the first time.  The picture is similar for public payors with AOK reporting double-digit growth in spending. Across the board, it's having an impact on the bottom line - and leaving some substantially in the red.

Medicover adds IVF in Norway

Pan-EU healthcare and diagnostics provider Medicover has bought IVF provider Klinikk Hausken, entering the Norweigan market for the first time. 

Singapore doctor becomes a billionaire fighting Covid

Loo Choon Yong, executive chairman of Asia-based healthcare provider Raffles Medical Group, has become a billionaire after his company joined the effort to fight Covid-19 sending its profits and share price soaring.

Rede D’Or bids for Alliar

Brazil's largest hospital group Rede D'Or has launched a takeover bid for one of the country's largest diagnostic groups Alliar. 

German state nationalises Sana hospital

German state North Rhine-Westphalia is taking over Sana Kliniken’s 50% stake in one of Europe’s largest cardiology clinics. It’s Germany’s second recent non-profit merger in heart medicine.

Payors throw money at mental health

Psychotherapy, a highly fragmented market across Europe, has historically been mostly private pay. Waves of pandemic-related mental health crises are now forcing payors to multiply budgets or add new tariffs in countries from Czechia to Switzerland. Where's the opportunity?

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