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DRGs in Dubai in 2019 will propel rehab sector

The introduction of diagnosis-related group (DRG) payments to Dubai's hospital sector in 2019 will lead to a boom in the nascent post-acute rehab market according to a local operator. 

Interview: Dr Helmut Schuehsler, TVM Capital

HBI talks to Dr Helmut Schuehsler, chairman and CEO at TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, Dubai and Singapore, about the group’s prospective exit from its current healthcare assets, its hunt for new investments, and the MENA market more specifically.

NMC Saudi JV put back, group reiterates earnings guidance

London-listed EMEA healthcare group NMC Health says the final agreement on its joint venture in Saudi Arabia with state-owned investor Hassana will be signed in Q1 2019, which seems contrary to earlier filings saying it would be completed in the current quarter. We talk to CEO Prasanth Manghat about the deal there, the payor climate in neighbouring UAE and the group's strategy more broadly.

TVM Capital is divesting, and investing

HBI hears that investment group TVM Capital will soon be looking to divest itself of its healthcare services assets, and is looking at fresh investments in the sector.

NMC denies Jefferies torpedo

London-listed international healthcare group NMC Health has taken a 7% kicking to its share price. The drop comes after investment bank Jefferies' latest note, its most critical yet. We put those critiques to the company which dismissed suggestions it has changed direction, saying it is "not looking to extend our core business to developed markets."

FREE BLOG Mapping the internationalisation of healthcare in 2018: what does it show?

We map out 2018's international expansion - and retreat - by healthcare operators in one infographic. It reveals clear trends, like; which regions are the most attractive, where sluggish growth is forcing expansion abroad and which sectors are internationalising fastest. But many big players have also cut their losses in foreign markets this year, so was it, on balance, a positive year for proponents of international diversification?

NMC denies Jefferies torpedo

London-listed international healthcare group NMC Health has taken a 7% kicking to its share price after investment bank Jefferies' latest note, its most critical yet. We put those critiques to the company.

Interview: Hoda Abou-Jamra, TVM

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.

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