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Employee testing drives 30%+ organic growth for labs through summer

COVID-19 testing for businesses, the sports industry and governments has cancelled-out and countered most falls in routine testing for the pan-European lab groups. Synlab says it signed 3,000 back-to-work testing contracts and saw 32% y-o-y organic revenue growth in June while Eurofins has 1,200 signed or in discussion. HBI examines the impact of the pandemic so far and what's next.

Insurers record massive savings from deploying telehealth

Traditional hospital business models stand to be massively disrupted as payors adopt front-end telehealth. Early adopters insurers Cigna and Aetna are seeing high patient satisfaction and huge cost savings from the deployment of telehealth in EMEA and emerging markets. Cigna is starting to grade quality at operators outside of the USA, according to the latest HBI-365 panel discussion. Go to HBI-365.com to find out more.

UK care homes show resilience, but in urgent need of preventative and crisis funding

According to a new report the UK care home sector is showing some resilience despite COVID-19, with occupancy steadily improving as confidence improves in the sector and care homes better prepared for an imminent risk of resurgence. Despite this, thousands remain at risk of closure and in need of stronger government support.

Optegra sales process begins

Multiple sources tell HBI that UK, Czechia and Poland-based ophthalmology platform Optegra is for sale. We take a look at the detailed figures behind the prospective sale, speculate as to price and buyers, and speak to an operator source about his view of the business.

NHS England trims operator list as PMI drives private pay recovery

We reveal which UK private hospital operators are still in NHS England's new national agreement and which left it on Tuesday, September 8. Private medical insurers (PMI) are 'busting' to get policyholders treated after delays but operators face a delicate balancing act in also helping the NHS clear waiting lists, an analyst tells HBI, as the market recovers to 70-80% of 2019 activity levels during July and August. 

Interview: Jan Leister, executive director of digital health, Fresenius Helios

Fresenius Helios has a new incoming digital health executive, who after heading up the Fresenius Group's German rehab business for the past four years wants to disrupt the way it manages chronic disease by transforming it from a pure hospital operator into a digi-physical healthcare group. Leister tells HBI that he wants to sell its digital therapeutics solution Curalie right into emerging markets.

Medipass sells to infra minus its healthcare services

Gruppo KOS has sold managed equipment services provider Medipass to Deutsche Bank's asset management arm DWS, which closed a €2.5bn infrastructure fund last year. The deal will see KOS keep Medipass' only healthcare services assets - its Indian subsidiaries - although a source says it will look to sell those swiftly.

The growth of UHC since 1990

Countries in Asia and Southern and Eastern Africa have achieved double-digit increases in their Universal Health Coverage (UHC) index in the last decade, says a new study in The Lancet. We display its findings for this week's comprehensive infographic. 

IK Investments to sell Colisée to EQT Infrastructure

French nursing home operator Colisée is changing hands as IK Investments sells its majority stake to Sweden-based PE firm EQT's infrastructure arm. This is the first large transaction the sector has seen all year.

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