In a surprise move, the planned Christian Democrat/Social Democrat coalition has announced Jens Spahn as healthcare minister. Normally, the coalition has given the caring ministries to lefties. Not this time.
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.
Nordic Capital has acquired three dental clinic chains and a laboratory company to launch a pan-European dental group, the private equity fund announced on 19 February.
The clock is ticking for businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25. Healthcare Europa talks to Aetna International's CIO Alan Payne to find out what the data handling regulations mean for healthcare insurers and operators, and the challenges on the path to compliance.
German and Swiss imaging investor RAD-x has acquired an outpatient diagnostic imaging group active in three Swiss cantons. We talk to RAD-x's CEO, and Affidea's former CEO, about the deal and prospects for consolidation in the sector in Switzerland, Germany and France.
Strong organic growth at 14.5% was at the core of a robust set of results for German, East-European and Indian outpatient, hospital and lab group Medicover which announced its maiden results post its summer 2017 IPO.
We've been keeping our eye on German ophthalmology chain Ober Scharrer for months, and at long last we hear a sale looks imminent. Healthcare Europa speaks to a source in Germany about who is still in the running, and whether the prospective price could be putting buyers off.
Many German private operators would see their margins savaged if the new coalition moves to unitary mandatory insurance for all Germans. The proposed new grand coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats includes a commission due to report at the end of 2019 on whether Germany should move to a unified insurance system. […]
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