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Going international is hard for hospital groups

Vivalto Sante has taken the brave step of going international. That is a bold decision for a hospital business based in a single European country. Very few have succeeded in doing this and those that have are top players buying top players. We think of Fresenius Helios buying Quiron in Spain, Ramsay buying Generale de Santé in France and then Capio in Sweden, and Mediclinic buying Hirslanden in Switzerland. 
July 8, 2022

Swiss labs suffer 10% cut, more may follow

Switzerland has chopped its diagnostic lab prices by 10% in a move that is billed as saving CHf 140m (€141). There could well be further crackdowns following a publication highlighting the massive differences between Swiss prices and those in France, Germany and the Netherlands.
July 7, 2022

New pricing engine allows Spire to capitalise on self-pay

Spire Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest private hospital groups, unveiled its new ‘pricing engine’ at their capital markets day this week - a computer programme which calculates optimal prices based on data about competitor pricing, procedures, inflation, and location, to automate price changes much quicker than was possible previously.
July 1, 2022

HBI 2022: Balance of power in MENA is shifting

There is a risk, when looking at healthcare markets in MENA, of lumping all the countries together as one - but each market has very specific requirements, and very specific characteristics. A panel at HBI 2022 chaired by Hamid Yunis, partner at global law firm McDermott Will & Emery, investigated challenges and opportunities in the region - and how rapidly the markets are changing and why overseas players now need to work harder to impress.
July 1, 2022

Fresenius looking to split off Helios and merge it with competitor

Germany-based multinational healthcare group Fresenius SE is reportedly leaning towards splitting off hospital branch Fresenius Helios and merging it with a competitor hospital chain in order to grow the business and increase its profitability. A spokesperson for the group tells us any such deal would involve Fresenius SE staying on as majority shareholder.
July 1, 2022

HBI 2022: Is healthcare financially sustainable?

Daniela Hommel, CFO at healthcare communications firm Helios Global Health, starkly laid out the problem facing the healthcare sector at HBI 2022: “Healthcare is not financially sustainable if it continues along current trends. By 2050, 25% of GDP will have to go towards healthcare if these trends continue. This is not financeable."
June 30, 2022

Why Westminster NHS systems fail

Profound pessimism about NHS plans for integrated health and with NHS systems in the UK and Canada was on display from academics at the European Health Policymakers Group which celebrated its 21st year in an afternoon looking at what the group had learnt studying Beveridge (NHS) and Bismarckian (statutory insurer) models.
June 30, 2022
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