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Interview: Stefan Larsson, Senior Partner, BCG

Worldwide, Stefan Larsson foresees a strong move in healthcare away from fee for service, in which quality is not measured and rewarded, to a system which measures and rewards outcomes. He thinks that model will apply across acute, elderly and chronic care. But how real is the shift? Here we talk to Larsson about examples of operators who have seen significant growth and about how payors are about to shift away from DRGs. He is a Co-founder of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), a not-for-profit devoted to the development of global standards for measurement of health outcomes that matter to patients.
July 8, 2015

Brazil’s largest homecare group Dal Ben to increase volumes with HMOs

Dal Ben, which claims to be Brazil’s largest homecare company, aims to diversify its client base through partnerships with Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs), as well as expanding into nursing homes and acute hospitals. We speak to Marcelo Fonseca, board member of Dal Ben, about the future of homecare in Brazil.
June 16, 2015

NMC pays nearly $1.8m per bed for ProVita

NMC Health, the UAE’s second largest hospital and outpatient group, has acquired ventilator-dependent, long-term care group ProVita for an enterprise value (EV) of $160.6m in cash. With ProVita currently only having 90 beds, this deal values each bed at close to $1.8m, emphasising the shortage and demand for long-term care in the region.
June 16, 2015

Mexican sugar clinics reduce annual cost of diabetes care fivefold

Four out of every five people with diabetes live in the Developing World according to the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF). Clínicas del Azúcar is a Mexican chain of diabetes one-stop-shops that reduce the cost of care by 70%. We talk to founder and CEO Javier Lozano Garza, who has an MBA from MIT, to find out more.
February 17, 2015

Norway starts to open up to private sector

The new centre right Norwegian government has announced plans for a voucher system and is encouraging the four health care regions and the municipalities who handle elderly care to further utilize the private sector.
October 21, 2014

Swedish private sector could face restrictive rules as early as 2015

The new minority Social Democrat government has published a radical manifesto, which could eradicate the for-profit sector from the Swedish healthcare, care and education landscape. A commission will report back by March 2016. We look at the manifesto and analyse the likely impact immediately and, also, in 2-3 years time. Prof Anders Anell at Lund University reckons for-profit could face new restrictions in early 2015.
October 14, 2014
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