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Interview: Arjan Toor, CEO, Cigna Europe

Cigna now describes itself as “a global health service company” rather than an insurer and has reorganised its European operations. Toor has recently been promoted to CEO Europe. He says that the insurer, which has 15% (US$840m) of its revenue in Europe, doesn't want to verticalise through owning primary care providers but wants instead to provide an end-to-end user experience.
July 21, 2020

West Europe’s for-profit hospitals ramp up as financial protections phased out

For-profit hospitals across West Europe are ramping up activity as governmental financial protections are slowly phased out, but it's taking much longer than in outpatient facilities and varies wildly from country to country. Why? HBI looks at the situation in Germany, France, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland.
July 16, 2020

Median looking at France, UK and GCC as Waterland stays put

Private equity firm Waterland has no current plans to put German rehabilitation group Median Kliniken up for sale again, and is focusing on internationalising the business into the UK, France and the GCC, Median CEO Andre Schmidt tells HBI.
July 9, 2020

German and Dutch dentists struggle to make up COVID losses

Dentists in Germany and the Netherlands are playing post-COVID closure catchup as businesses have reopened after the height of the pandemic. One DACH-based operator tells us it may be harder to make up lost ground in these countries than elsewhere.
July 9, 2020

Elderly care post-Covid: HBI Big Picture Seminar

How has Covid affected the elderly care sector across EMEA? To find out, HBI-365, the new global digital platform, brought together a panel of three: Fredrik Gren, CEO and president, Ambea, a sophisticated and large Pan-Scandinavian care group, Alexei Sidnev, CEO, Senior Group, the largest player in a big emerging market, Russia and Pierre-Emanuel Bercegeay, CEO, Ouihelp, a VC-backed, digital-savvy domiciliary homecare start-up in France. The seminar was followed by the first meeting of our HBI-365 elderly community with a useful roundtable on workforce.
July 2, 2020

Bergman set to enter German ophthalmology market

HBI hears that Dutch and Nordic ambulatory and ophthalmology clinic chain Bergman Clinic is looking to acquire two substantial outpatient ophthalmology chains in Germany. This would mark its entry into the country’s ophthalmology market – and a significant one at that. We talk to a source about the targets, the price, and what this means for the wider market. Longer-term Bergman itself is likely to sell.
June 25, 2020

Asklepios set to win control of Rhoen

Asklepios has effectively taken over Rhoen Klinikum after B Braun with a 25% stake accepted the offer. The deal increases the consolidation in the private hospital sector.
June 18, 2020

Interview: Katharina Juenger, CEO, TeleClinic

For the first time in Germany publicly-insured patients can go straight to an app to have a teleconsultation without paying out of pocket. Small start-up TeleClinic is the first to launch a reimbursable service, which comes as the country's largest statutory insurer launches its own telehealth solution and KRY and Doctolib enter the market. TeleClinic CEO tells HBI it hopes to hit 100,000 consultations this year.
June 17, 2020
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