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FREE BLOG What does Fresenius mean for private healthcare?

The price that Fresenius is paying for Rhoen is impressive and should help push up values in the German hospital market. It will, for instance, make it far easier for a group like hospital and psychiatric group Ameos or Sana, the hospital chain owned by the big private insurers, to float at a decent multiple.
May 4, 2012

English NHS lab outsourcing grows

The pipeline of new lab outsourcing deals from the English NHS continues to grow. Meanwhile, Synlab has entered the market with the appointment of Hugh Risebrow, formerly at the Serco GSTS JV as joint chairman of Synlab UK.
May 4, 2012

DRGs are good business, says Hubert

Genolier Swiss Medical Network, the private hospital chain that now extends across every linguistic region of Switzerland, has increased EBITDA by 58.6%, grown to CHF 300m in turnover and even made a tiny net profit in 2011. We speak to Managing Director Antoine Hubert about the company’s recently-released 2011 Annual Report, and about what the future has in store for Genolier.
May 4, 2012

Doughty Hanson buys Quiron stake

As expected, Doughty Hanson has agreed to acquire a stake of around 40% in Spanish hospital group Grupo Hospitalario Quirón. The business will be merged with Doughty’s existing Spanish hospital investment USP Hospitales bought earlier in 2012.
May 4, 2012

Domus Vi postpones IPO

The IPO of Domus Vi, the merger of the French nursing home interests of entrepreneurs Jean Francois Gobertin and Yves Journel, has been postponed to 2014 or 2015. But rumours that the group - with 16,000 beds probably the largest in France - is to be split up are wide of the mark, says CEO Jean Francois Vitoux.
May 4, 2012

Korian Medica merger is on the cards

Rumours that Korian and Medica, two of the big four French care groups, are set to merge are growing. The departure of Rosemarie van Leerbergh as CEO of Korian at the start of the year is widely perceived as having been driven by her refusal to work on merger plans.
May 4, 2012

Civil servant becomes new Romanian Health Minister

In a surprise move, the leader of the new interim government Victor Ponta has appointed as minister of health the senior civil servant charged under the previous regime with putting together a reform programme.
May 4, 2012

Lab reform delayed in Germany

Progress towards a national agreement on lab test rates and budgets for the 89% of the population with statutory insurance is proving slow. Don’t expect anything until October now.
May 4, 2012

Will telehealth take off in the UK?

In December 2011 the UK revealed the results of the Whole System Demonstrator trials, the world's largest randomised control trial of telehealth and telecare services.
May 4, 2012
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