HBI caught up with Norberto Jannuzzi, partner at Brazil based private equity group Patria Investimentos and 'Making smart investment choices' panelist at IFC’s Global Private Health Conference in Cape Town this week.
HBI catches up with co-founders Frederic Llordachs, CEO, and Carmen Pauline Rios Benton, COO, of new chronic disease monitoring group Doctomatic, a remote patient monitoring solution for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, COPD and heart failure, which uses AI to help detect problems at an early stage.
Facing an increasingly volatile market, American buyout / investment firm KKR may switch to direct lenders to finance its acquisition of fertility company IVI RMA Global, despite agreeing €800m of underwritten financing from four investment banks.
Multiple sources say US-based buyout specialist KKR is close to closing a deal to buy Spain-based global fertility player IVI-RMA, the largest group in the sector by revenue.
Payor/provider vertical integration is the most successful strategy in Brazil according to our experts. 2022 February finally saw the merger of the two Brazilian giants of vertical integration, Grupo Notredame Intermédica (GNDI) is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Hapvida. Together they became the second largest health care company in the southern hemisphere and currently have a market cap of US$17.2bn and approximately 17% of the Healthcare Plan insurance market, according to experts.
UnitedHealthcare owned Amil is for sale in Brazil. Reports in Brazil say the $3bn plus valued insurance and hospital businesses run by Amil are likely to be split and sold to at least two separate buyers. HBI speaks to a Brazilian source to find out more.
Two giants of Brazilian healthcare, listed HMOs Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA and Grupo Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes (GNDI), have received approval to merge from the country's antitrust authority CADE. The merger will create the country's biggest provider of health insurance policies, with around a 20% share of the for-profit market by number of users, and a 10% share of revenue.
Increasing demand and rising costs are putting pressure on LatAm’s healthcare system. A regional session at HBI 2021 heard that out-of-pocket payments are on the increase, especially in Mexico.
How fast is the world outside America adopting telehealth and digital care in all its forms? Who better to ask than Carlos Nueno, president International for Teladoc Health, which ties with Ping An from China for the title of the world’s largest telehealth operator. So, what new business models are being rolled out and when? And how are countries adopting the new technology?
Brazilian hospital group Rede D'Or has pulled back on its attempt to takeover imaging group Alliar after it became clear it could not take control. However, large lab group Fleury has now also thrown its hat into the ring for a stake.
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