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Hospitals in Valencia still not getting paid

In the Spanish region of Valencia, hospitals are still in trouble: the region's much-publicised repayment of long-overdue reimbursements in May and June excluded acute providers. Administrative concessions - hospitals operating in the Alzira model - have been hit particularly hard, according to analyst Joan Barrubés of Antares Consulting. We talk with him to find out how the Spanish hospital market is dealing with the crisis.
July 13, 2012

Scott to depart from Priory Group

CEO of the Priory Group Phillip Scott is to step down almost immediately. The Priory, bought by Advent International for £925m in January 2011, is the UK's largest private operator of secure and mental health services, running a total of 3,355 beds at 60 facilities.
July 13, 2012

Interview: Jose Perdomo, Global eHealth Business Director, Telefonica

Spanish telecom giant Telefónica recently presented its new telehealth initiative at a media conference in London, with some impressive claims. The company says that its has replicated the very impressive (albeit contested) results of the British Whole Systems Demonstrator trial in Spain. Its 2015 revenue target for its telehealth division is €600 million, while the potential UK market is apparently €2 billion. We talk to Jose Perdomo, global eHealth director for Telefónica, to find out more.
July 13, 2012

South London NHS Healthcare Trust: The game-changer

Expect fast progress and private sector involvement in the restructuring of the failed South East London hospital trust. An administrator is about to be appointed, and a shortlist of consultancies to advise on and plan the way forward has been drawn up. The government wants action to be taken by April 2013.
July 4, 2012

A touch of damp at Helios

Rumours are flying that Fresenius Helios is seeking to get €80m back from Dr Walter Wuebben for Damp Gruppe, the North German hospital chain it purchased in the autumn of 2011. Fresenius Helios declined to comment and Dr Wuebben did not return our calls. Meanwhile, a messy labour dispute with a Damp subsidiary is starting to affect patient intake at some Damp units.
July 3, 2012

The good, the bad and the ugly

The health systems of the OECD have been ranked. The winners: France, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The losers: Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Austria and the Czech Republic. We talk to Eric N. Tchouaket, principal author of the academic ranking study, to find out what this tells us about these health systems.
June 29, 2012

Payor reform threatens German hospitals

Big, contentious payor reforms are taking place in Germany. These reforms look to cut costs in the inpatient sector, with separate laws changing payment regimes for hospitals on the one hand and psychiatric institutions on the other. We talk to Uwe Preusker of consultancy Preusker Healthcare to find out more.
June 29, 2012

Dutch insurers face new competitor amid allegations that half of hospitals will close

The big four Dutch healthcare insurers will soon face a new competitor. The SAZ, which represents the 42 smallest Dutch hospitals, plans on launching the new insurance scheme by the end of the year. The head of the association, Binso Wymenga, alleges that the SAZ is doing this because the big insurers want to close down his members, who make up nearly half of the 91 general and academic hospitals in the Netherlands. We take a look at Mr. Wymenga’s claims, and what this new plan involves.
June 29, 2012

Lab outsourcing pushed in Sweden

Hospitals should seriously consider outsourcing their labs says a new report, Konkurrens inom laboratorietjänster, from the Swedish Competition Authority. Could this lead to a lab outsourcing boom?
June 29, 2012
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