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HBI 2020: Data drives Ping An and Teladoc’s global expansion

Ping An and Teladoc revealed their plans for global expansion at HBI 2020. The former says it's hard to leave such a big domestic market as China but has sights set on SE Asia and 'the developing world'. Teladoc is focused on Europe, Brazil and also on Ping An's home turf, China! Both are now capable of delivering full acuity care and have driven their insights using some of healthcare's largest datasets.

HBI 2020: The future of domiciliary homecare – meeting an insatiable demand

In many markets there is a growing, perhaps even an insatiable demand for unskilled homecare. Is it a sector where it is possible to make money, and how? Is reimbursement sufficient? How do you attract and retain staff? And what effect is COVID having on the market? An expert panel at HBI 2020 considered all this, together with the biggest risks, and best opportunities, as we all dare to look forward to a more normal life in 2021.

HBI 2020: Investor interest in hospitals increases while outpatient valuations drop

Investors from varied backgrounds - infrastructure, private equity, and REIT, are all bullish about the prospects for healthcare investment in 2021, according to a panel of experts speaking at the HBI 2020 European Investment Panel discussion. But the pandemic may have 'readjusted the relative value discussion across sectors' according to one private equity investor.

HBI 2020: Dentistry – will we see a truly pan-European group and the COVID bounce back?

At the start of this year, there was a lot of optimism around dentistry. The dental sector was seen as one of the biggest and most exciting opportunities for private operators and investors. Largely unconsolidated across Europe and beyond, many asked ‘when will we see a truly pan-European operator'? COVID derailed all expectations of the year but with a vaccine now in play, what are the prospects for consolidation and expansion? HBI 2020 gathered a panel of experts to find out more.

HBI Deals+Insights Briefing February 2021

In this bumper double edition, we lead on the massive merger of UK and German rehab groups Priory and Median, creating Europe's sixth-largest for-profit operator (excluding elderly), advisors sounding out buyers for in-administration NMC Health, and a round-up of the recovery in M&A during H2. We also have comprehensive coverage of our December conference, HBI 2020, and exclusives on Aetna selling off a major division, a mid-market German care home acquisition and massive public tenders in Denmark and Poland. Interviews include L.E.K., L Catterton, Optegra and Korian.

Movement at the top of German imaging

Curagita-backed Deutsche Radiologienetz AG (DeRaG), one of the first movers in consolidating the German imaging market, will soon bring in a new investor, HBI can reveal. Meanwhile, ongoing investigations into the founder of Med 360°, the largest player in the market, may raise questions over the future of one of its minority shareholders.

Guiding surgery – from the other side of the world

Proximie is a UK-based start-up whose solutions allow medical staff to watch, learn from, and even guide, operations happening at the other side of the word. CEO Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram tells HBI that it's now deployed in over 300 hospitals and is soon to embark on a Series B.

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