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Saudi Ministry of Health hospitals cut ties with private insurers

Seven out of ten of Saudi Arabia's health insurance policyholders will no longer be able to get treatment at Ministry of Health facilities reimbursed after the government department cancelled service contracts with the country's two largest health insurers, Bupa Arabia and Tawuniya. A Bupa Arabia spokesperson tells us that this won't affect its policyholders who mostly use private facilities anyway, while a local contact says there is more to this than reasons cited in the Saudi press.
August 10, 2018

Saudi PPP draft law looks good

The three-week period for public comment on Saudi Arabia's draft PPP law has passed. We talk to a UAE-based lawyer about what the document, which could theoretically be made into law immediately, really means for those looking at entering into the country's healthcare sector through PPPs.
August 2, 2018

Saudi draft PPP law released

The Saudi Arabian government has released its draft PPP law. We look through the 50-page document which covers foreign ownership, labour laws and real estate, and speak to Colliers International's head of healthcare in MENA who tells us as far as the last of these is concerned, there is a pleasant surprise.
July 18, 2018

Interview: Erik Koornneef, head of AI at Cognit

Healthcare Nova speaks to Erik Koornneef, UAE-Based head of Watson Health at Cognit Technology Solutions, an AI solutions provider established as JV between Mubadala and IBM Watson with the aim to enable the adoption of artificial intelligence in the MENA region.
July 3, 2018

Saudi PPP law could be delayed by ARAMCO IPO

Healthcare Nova hears that the much-discussed legal framework around private-public-partnerships in Saudi Arabia could be delayed until after state oil giant ARAMCO has gone public.
June 22, 2018

NMC signs JV with Saudi state-owned investor

London-listed GCC operator NMC Healthcare has signed a joint venture with the investment arm of Saudi Arabia's private sector pension fund in an all-equity deal. We talk to local contacts and NMC about what both sides are looking to get out of this.
June 13, 2018

FREE BLOG Diaverum and Davita may lose massive Saudi contracts

The Saudi government is looking for cheap alternatives to current providers or a renegotiation of terms on its massive outsourced dialysis contracts worth half a billion dollars when they come up for renewal in 2019, Healthcare Nova has learnt. Other operators claim it could be done 20-25% cheaper than current costs.
June 4, 2018
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