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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: Medtech and services – new partnerships and opportunities

The relationship between medtech and its customers is changing. No longer is medtech wheeled out for a one-off purchase. Long-term partnerships are being built, and patients and providers are benefitting. An expert panel at HBI 2020 explored the burgeoning relationship between medtech and services, and some of the challenges this presented.

HBI 2020: Elsan and Mehilainen on in-house digitalisation of patient pathway

Elsan and Mehilainen, top-two private hospital operators in France and Finland respectively, and both CVC portfolio companies, say their in-house investments in digitalising the patient pathway have increased customer loyalty, cross-selling revenues and insurer-funded work. They were joined by GE Healthcare for the 'Hospitals: The journey towards digital and outpatient transformation' session at HBI 2020.

HBI 2020: Hospital sector is moving to outcome-based payment – insurers may get left behind

The for-profit hospital sector is moving slowly but inexorably towards value and outcome-linked reimbursement and the role for insurers within that, if there is one, is far from clear. That was the message from HBI 2020's 'Hospitals: The balance of power with payors' session where the CEOs of Mediclinic International and Steward Health Care discussed the topic with an ex-UnitedHealth Group executive.

State of the Region : The UK

As ever, Brexit uncertainty unnerves investors, particularly in the UK care sector. Meanwhile the London hospital market has been depressed as Arab states make other arrangements. Ireland could also be hit badly by Brexit. But there are a vast range of innovative models bubbling under in what remains Europe’s largest for-profit market for the investor. […]

Investing in Health Care Property

Investors, in pursuit of steady returns and limited risk, are in love with the healthcare sector. How can operators best exploit this and what impact does divesting property really have on valuations? What is likely to happen to yields in the near future and how much appetite for risk to specialist investors have? What do […]

Hospitals: The journey towards digital and outpatient transformation

The move to outpatient models, integrated care and value health will dominate the hospital agenda for the next decade. Dr Gerald Dunstan, Partner,  Head of Clinical Command Centres (Europe), GE Healthcare Partners Thierry Chiche, CEO, Elsan Thierry looks at how Elsan, with 2019 revenue of over €2bn, is building services around the patient. This involves a […]

Hospitals: The Balance of Power with Payors

This session looks at how relations between hospitals and public and private payors are changing with the implementation of value health, shared risk models and the deployment by insurers of telehealth platforms to provide diagnostic triage. Panellists : Dr Ronnie van der Merwe, CEO, Mediclinic International Dr Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and CEO, Steward Health […]

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