Hospital operators in India should find it easier to access land and obtain funding, after new guidelines for private investors were set out as part of the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme.
As with any for-profit sector, entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of health care services, although they keep a particularly low profile in this industry - for obvious reasons.
Indian hospital groups Radiant Life Care and Max Healthcare look set to merge, with Radiant backer KKR to be the dominant shareholder with "around 50%" meaning it might not have control of the new group. It could be the third major merger this year.
Countries across the Asia-Pacific that are trying to implement UHC have seen more people paying for healthcare through compulsory and voluntary payment schemes.
After a long career at radiotherapy supplier Varian where he ended as Vice President, Global Market Development, Michael has set up his own consultancy to advise governments, international agencies and the private sector on the development of radiation therapy services in general and the best business models. HBI asks him where the opportunities are and what they look like.
Pan-Asian hospital operator IHH is likely to float SRL, the diagnostics arm of troubled hospital chain Fortis, next year, according to some local reports - but Healthcare Nova has heard different.
We speak to Hoda Abou-Jamra, the driving force behind the establishment of investors TVM in MENA and current group CEO of Bourn Hall International, a chain of fertility clinics currently in UAE and Delhi. It has an affiliate in Cambridge, UK.
Universal Health Coverage is one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and it's expected to be completed by 2030. But a newly released report argues that a lack of PPPs is stalling that goal. Healthcare Nova looks at the key findings...
American investor Columbia Pacific Management is reported to be considering a sale of its India, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia hospital business for a touted price tag of $2bn. That would make it the largest deal in Asian hospitals since IHH bought Parkway Pantai in 2010. We discuss potential buyers and what is driving this.
A senior official at pan-Asian hospital group IHH has said that it will likely scrap the branding of troubled hospital company Fortis once litigation is over.
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