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German healthcare tourism streaks ahead

Germany treated 224,000 foreign patients in 2012. But how many flew to Germany for treatment, as opposed to being sick holiday-makers? How do the numbers compare to the UK and other European countries? And how many are treated in the private sector? One thing is sure: Russia is Germany’s largest market today.
January 28, 2014

Interview: Henk de Jong, CEO, Fa-Med

Will a pan-European market in medical factoring develop? Will we even see statutory pan-European healthcare insurers? We talk to Henk de Jong, CEO of Fa-Med, the largest medical factoring group in the Netherlands - and, probably, in Europe - which is looking at Germany, Poland and Switzerland. Fa-Med has been owned by Waterland private equity for over a decade. Henk is a delegate at the Healthcare Europa conference on March 13, 2014 in London.
January 27, 2014

Interview: Mark Hellowell, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

Hellowell is a healthcare academic who specialises in PPPs, evaluating their performance around the world, consulting with development agencies and acting as a special adviser to the Health Select Committee in the British House of Commons. He also lectures on healthcare reform to a diverse group of postgraduate students, many of them from developing countries. We talk to him about the role private healthcare companies can, and are, playing in the developing and developed worlds, the future for PPPs, and whether they are “a good thing”.
January 23, 2014

Labs lose champion

German lab operators are worried by the departure of Andreas Köhler from his position as joint head of the powerful Kassenärztlichen Bundesvereinigung. They fear his departure could lead to more severe cuts in the sector.
January 20, 2014

Attendo may IPO

Swedish media reports that big elderly care group Attendo, owned by IK Invest, may float on the Stockholm stock market. Is this likely?
January 20, 2014

Interview: Philipp Jan Flach, Director, MC Groep

MC Groep, after taking control of a general hospital group in 2008, has just bought privatised hospital Slotervaart Ziekenhuis. This adds to its existing operation Stichting Ijsselmeerziekenhuizen, more than doubling its scale. Healthcare Europa estimates that, all together, MC generates sales of around €250m a year. We talk to Director Philipp Jan Flach about the MC model, the group’s plans and how he sees the Dutch market. Flach, a medical doctor, spent seven years at Bain before joining MC Groep in 2009.
January 20, 2014
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