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French supplementary insurance groups move into services

With hospital fees up 220% in ten years, French supplementary insurance groups are moving into specialties that see large amounts of private expenditure, such as ophthalmology and dentistry. One platform, Santéclair, which covers 10m people, is launching its orthopaedics network in January 2016 –introducing bundle payments and no excess costs for patients.
December 9, 2015

Poland’s largest pharma distributor pushes into outpatient sector

Warsaw-listed Neuca Group claims to be Poland’s first wholesale pharmaceutical distributor. It has created a large network of subsidiaries looking at the healthcare market. One of them, Neuca Med, aims to create one of the largest networks of clinics in the country and just acquired Medic Klinika, a chain of outpatient centres.
December 9, 2015

FREE BLOG Usability and design in healthcare comes of age

One reason why projects in healthcare services fail is poor usability. Telehealthcare, patient apps, medicalised homecare - it is easy to launch schemes which patients and practitioners find hard to use. That can have a huge impact on results. But specialists focused on the sector are beginning to emerge.
December 4, 2015

Mediclinic to clinch Al Noor

International hospital group Mediclinic looks certain to buy UAE chain Al Noor after rival VPS said it would, after all be bidding. Earlier, Mediclinic capped a bid for Al Noor from NMC, its main competitor in the region.
December 1, 2015

Apollo to enter subscription market & Malaysia

India’s largest healthcare provider, Apollo Hospitals, plans to release a subscription healthcare product in 2016. This would be the first insurance product to cover outpatient services in the country, Neeraj Garg, CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle, told Healthcare Nova.
December 1, 2015

Report: Private healthcare in India

India’s healthcare sector has come a long way in a short time. Total healthcare expenditure (public and private) is $70bn and growing at astonishing rates - perhaps as high as 17% CAGR. In this 4,000 word report, we look in-depth at the booming inpatient and outpatient sectors and the prospects for broadening access to private healthcare.
December 1, 2015

Medlife fails to find a buyer

Value4Capital is struggling to sell its 40% stake in Medlife, Romania’s largest healthcare operator, say reliable sources. We look at why.
November 30, 2015

Medicover to consolidate German outpatient clinic market

Medicover, the big Pan-East European healthcare services group plans to build a national chain of specialist outpatient clinics. We talk to Philippe Ballero, the fomer CEO of the groups’ lab subsidiary, Synevo, will head up the new venture.
November 30, 2015

Narayana and Dr Lal Pathlabs to IPO within 15 days

Narayana Hrudayalaya, an Indian hospital group that focuses on cardiology, and Dr Lal Pathlabs, a pathology chain, are set to IPO within 15 days, according to the Indian press. Narayana and Dr Lal hope to raise $100 million and $90 million, respectively.
November 30, 2015
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