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Lessons in Mandatory Health Insurance from Abu Dhabi

The governments of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are shedding their welfare-state approach to healthcare funding and moving towards a market-driven approach. We talk to Daniel Whitehead, Director of Medical Strategy at Abu Dhabi’s national health insurer Daman about the impact of mandatory health insurance (MHI).
January 27, 2015

Report: China – Elder care experts split on merits of care home ownership

While there is near-universal agreement on the business case for foreign companies to open and run for-profit elder care facilities in mainland China, experts differ on the best way to go about it. In particular, there is a difference of opinion between those who think that joint ventures between foreign and China-based companies are the way to go, and some who insist that wholly foreign-owned enterprises, or WFOEs, make more sense. Helen Burgraff investigates.
January 27, 2015

Interview: Aschkan Abdul-Malek, founder, AlemHealth

Dubai-based AlemHealth is bringing teleradiology and telemedicine to the developing world via a global network of doctors linked up to private primary and secondary facilities in the Middle East. It plans to move into Asia and Africa within the next few months. We spoke to founder Aschkan Abdul-Malek about its business model.
January 27, 2015

Interview: Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO, Affidea

Euromedic, the imaging and oncology group has rebranded as Affidea, in a move which suggests that it is set to move beyond Europe. We talk to Moulavasilis about the group’s plans.
January 23, 2015

Sweden starts to unfreeze

The likelihood of a ban on for profits healthcare in Sweden is receding after the Social Democrats were forced before Christmas to turn to the right for support and as the far right Sweden Democrats have become more pragmatic. But the sector is not out of the woods yet.
January 22, 2015

Orpea acquires French and Austrian operators

Two acquisitions have seen Orpea, Europe’s second largest residential care group, expand its homecare services and move into Austria and the Czech Reublic. It has bought ADHAP, the French domiciliary post-acute care specialist ADHAP and Austrian operator SeneCura. We spoke to Jean-Claude Marian, chairman at Orpea, about what’s next for the group.
January 22, 2015

Gilde raises €100m healthcare services fund

Dutch private equity specialist Gilde Healthcare has closed a new €100m healthcare services fund in just three months. We speak to Jasper van Gorp, managing partner at Gilde, about the fund.
January 22, 2015

Cerba buys Novescia

PAI-backed Franco-Belgian lab group Cerba is to buy Novescia, the national French lab chain for €275m. We reflect on the deal and the state of the lab market.
January 22, 2015
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