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COVID-19: Care sector confronts crisis, hospitals hit hard

In the second of our two-part deep dive into how COVID-19 is hitting healthcare markets across EMEA, we ask how hospitals are coping with spiralling staff sickness and a flood of patients, and whether the care and dialysis sectors can stay afloat given the risk the virus poses to their most vulnerable patients.
March 12, 2020

Germany to reform financing of long-term care

Germany is on the brink of reforming the financing of long-term care insurance (LTC) which funds elderly care. The industrious Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn could produce a draft law by the summer, and private insurers are proposing revolutionary ways of bringing fresh capital to the system.
March 12, 2020

Asklepios moves on Rhoen – but is offer generous enough?

Germany's second-largest private hospital group Asklepios plans to launch a takeover of listed competitor Rhoen Klinikum in partnership with Rhoen's founder Eugene Muench. But Rhoen's shares have now risen above the offer price indicating this is far from a done deal.
March 5, 2020

Ameos acquires Swiss non-profit hospital

PE backed Swiss hospital and psychiatric group Ameos has acquired a majority stake in a not-for-profit hospital, its second facility in the country. The group, predominantly present in Germany and Austria, is taking advantage of a challenging climate in the Swiss hospital sector which is putting many small hospitals in financial trouble.
March 4, 2020

Interview: Stefan Biesdorf, partner, health informatics and big data, McKinsey

Hospitals and insurers have been looking for consolidated digital health platforms ever since they grew tired of 'pilotitus' from a fragmented market. But what if they could become a central administrator to an "ecosystem" where thousands of start-ups become third-party plug-ins? Biesdorf is convinced that this is about to happen in Germany.
February 26, 2020

Rhoen expects 2020 EBITDA crash

German hospital operator Rhoen Klinikum 2019 sales grew three times faster than the previous year, but EBITDA was flat and is expected to fall substantially in 2020. Its move to outpatient is helping the top-line. HBI considers these results and board-level developments expected later this year.
February 26, 2020

Employer-pay growth loses to individual at big occupational healthcare groups

Occupational healthcare groups Medicover and Terveystalo are growing revenue at upwards of 25%, much faster than the 6-9% seen in other publicly listed groups so far this year. Historically employer-funded, individual pay is now growing three times faster than corporate. With Fresenius Helios setting out occupational healthcare expansion plans, what is the future of corporate pay?
February 26, 2020

Fresenius shares jump 5% on 2019 results as Helios beats expectations

Listed dialysis, pharma and hospital group Fresenius has seen a 6% jump in its share price after 2019 results were better than some analysts expected. But with significant Asia exposure in certain businesses, CEO Stephan Sturm says: "Coronavirus is not going to be a positive for us."
February 20, 2020

Ober Scharrer appoints new group CEO

Dr Markus Hamm, the former CEO of family-owned German hospital group Schoen-Kliniken, has a new role as group CEO of German ophthalmology group Ober Scharrer. What does this say about the company’s plans?
February 20, 2020
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