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The next frontier – the German outpatient sector

The outpatient sector in Europe, long fragmented into millions of providers, is the new frontier for consolidation. And no market is bigger than Germany where medical offices accounted for €51.5bn of expenditure in 2016 and statutory insurers spent €13.7bn alone on dentistry. Many investors and entrepreneurs have the sector in their sights.

Medicover’s M&A blitz strategy

Having IPOed in the summer of 2017, outpatient, lab and occupational healthcare group Medicover has no debt and a war chest for M&A. So what are its plans, and what has it learnt from recent deals? We catch up with CEO Fredrik Ragmark at the Jefferies Conference in London. He talks about Medicover's four main target markets - Germany, Ukraine, India and Poland.

Trump’s wall could hit Mexican medical tourism market

What does President Trump's Mexican wall plan mean for medical travel across the border? Some Mexican hospital groups have already reported a fall in US patients, but opinion is split on what the long-term effect will be. We talk to operators in the region to find out more.

Intercare deal could be a game-changer

This summer, Mediclinic, the listed South African, Europe and Mid-East hospital giant, quietly bought into Intercare, a South African outpatient, day hospital and sub-acute and rehabilitation hospital network which specialises in value-based healthcare, providing the best outcomes at the lowest costs. Here is why we think the acquisition is a game changer and why this is a business model that could be exported internationally.

Interview: Ben Faircloth, Partner, L.E.K. Consulting

Dentistry is flavour of the month in healthcare services with consolidation taking off right across Europe and private equity placing big bets on the concept of national and even multinational chains. Ben Faircloth, who has advised some of the largest players in Europe, tells us what really makes these businesses work and which models are set to prosper.

EQT swoops on Pan-Euro dentistry platform Curaeos

Swedish private equity group EQT pre-empted second round bidding for Curaeos, the Dutch dentistry group which has expanded into Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Italy. But it is paying the seller, Bencis Capital Partners, a very high price. We look at the price and the roll up.

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