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Rhoen plans campus hospitals

Rhoen Klinikum is to get an extra €15m a year for 2017 and annually hereafter until at least 2021 from the state of Hesse for its research and teaching work at Giessen and Marburg, the only privatised University hospital in Germany. CEO Stefan Holzinger's new strategy is to persuade outpatient specialists to move their offices to Rhoen outpatient units to create more referrals in its specialist hospitals and a better patient experience. But 2017 saw an adjusted GAAP EBITDA margin of only 8.1%, low compared to the mid-teens achieved by bigger rivals such as Helios and Sana.
February 23, 2018

Interview: Dr Bruno Gridelli, Senior Vice President, UPMC International

How do you build an international business delivering high-quality specialist care working with governments, public payors, regions and for-profit operators? UPMC, the big US academic medical centre, has done just this in four very different countries: Italy, Ireland, Kazakhstan and China. We talk to Dr Gridelli about the business model and challenges.
February 22, 2018

VPS Healthcare – sixth emerging market hospital group to IPO in London

GCC and Indian health care group VPS Healthcare has appointed advisors to prepare an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, following in the footsteps of rival NMC Health. We talk to an analyst covering the sector and look at the five emerging market hospital groups already listed there, who together have a combined market capitalisation of over £9bn (€10.2bn).
February 21, 2018

South African budget hits private health spending: sign of things to come?

We talk to our contacts in South Africa about what the new president and today's mid-term budget mean for the private health sector. Two measures were singled out in discussions, while the new incumbent has surprised onlookers by signalling that the much-discussed national health insurance bill will be put to parliament in the next few weeks. 
February 21, 2018

Perennial rapidly grows healthcare services in China

Singapore-based property developer and Chinese health care service operator Perennial Real Estate Holdings reported soaring profits in 2017. We look at its strategy of building hospitals and care homes, often close to high-speed rail hubs. Perennial is pouring some of its profits as a real estate developer into building health care services in China. Perennial remained […]
February 21, 2018

FREE BLOG Major health care reform in Austria

Austria, a country with a highly complex federalised and socialist health care system, is about to see change under the new centre-right and far-right government. A powerful new health minister has close ties with the private sector.
February 20, 2018

IVF/lab group sells stake to Oaktree; buys in Italy, Spain and Switzerland

NL Holding has sold a 30% stake to Oaktree Capital, while simultaneously acquiring fertility providers and specialised diagnostic laboratories in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. This coincides with Oaktree offloading its pan-European dentistry platform. We take a more detailed look at what NL has bought. 
February 20, 2018

Affidea launches new emergency/primary care concept

Affidea, the big Pan-European imaging services group, has launched the first of its ExpressCare clinics in Cork, Ireland's second city, followings its recent acquisition of FonixMed, a chain of occupational healthcare clinics in Hungary. The new drop-in centre offers minor emergency and primary care. So what lies behind the concept and how fast is it likely to spread. And what other primary care model are there in Europe? 
February 20, 2018

Ribera Salud appoints ex-UK healthcare minister Alan Milburn

Ribera Salud, the Spanish hospital management company which is majority owned by US giant Centene Corporation has appointed Alan Milburn, a former Labour Minister of Health to its board. What does this tell us about its plans for the UK? 
February 20, 2018
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