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Indian IPO flood

At least six Indian hospital groups are planning to IPO within the next year. No one wants to jump first, but eventual valuations are likely to be strong, despite a fall in optimism surrounding healthcare stocks.
July 22, 2015

FREE BLOG Assaults and false promises – the reality of life in Qatar

Gulf states are rapidly trying to improve their healthcare infrastructure to cope with the rise in population, wealth, age, and non-communicable diseases. Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar have all introduced mandatory health insurance and are opening up to foreign investment in healthcare. But, to what avail? On a recent flight from Doha to […]
July 10, 2015

Sri Lankan market growing at 15% per annum

The Sri Lankan healthcare market is growing at breakneck speed says director of Hemas Hospitals, Murtaza Esufally. Problems with the public system are driving patients towards the private sector.
July 8, 2015

Interview: Stefan Larsson, Senior Partner, BCG

Worldwide, Stefan Larsson foresees a strong move in healthcare away from fee for service, in which quality is not measured and rewarded, to a system which measures and rewards outcomes. He thinks that model will apply across acute, elderly and chronic care. But how real is the shift? Here we talk to Larsson about examples of operators who have seen significant growth and about how payors are about to shift away from DRGs. He is a Co-founder of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), a not-for-profit devoted to the development of global standards for measurement of health outcomes that matter to patients.
July 8, 2015

Report: Thailand: Asia’s Dark Horse

Nestled between the giant Indian, Chinese and Malaysian markets, Thailand has long passed under the radar. No more. Public health reform and aging populations have spurred rapid growth. And no longer content with medical tourists, its highly profitable hospital groups are moving abroad. Can these dark horses take advantage of the integration of ASEAN and become the dominant force in the region?
July 6, 2015

Myanmar groups fight back against medical tourism

It is estimated that Myanmar loses 100,000 patients and $200m a year to medical tourism, says Soe Myint, founder of the local Family Mandalar hospital group. Foreign groups such as Indonesia’s Siloam and Thailand’s Thonburi, have been drawn in. Siloam is investing $1bn in Myanmar over the next ten years. But local groups are fighting back.
July 6, 2015

Interview: Sudi Narasimhan, Corporate Director of Marketing and Business Development at Bumrungrad Hospital Group

Bumrungrad is a world leader in medical tourism and has effectively leveraged Thailand’s many advantages in this sector. Unlike its competitors, it has focused on high-end tertiary care from a single campus. Narasimhan leads us through the history of the group, the secret to profit margins of 20%, the changing dynamics of medical tourism and the future of the Thai market.
July 3, 2015

Report: Outpatient services – a panacea for private hospitals?

Across Europe hospital groups have been moving into outpatient. In Germany Helios and Rhoen have attempted to build specialist doctor and family doctor centres, buying licences from existing practitioners. The same move can be seen in France, Portugal, Italy and Switzerland.
July 1, 2015

Mediclinic reverses strategy and swoops on Spire

Mediclinic, the big South African hospital operator, has snapped up a 29.9% stake in Spire, the UK’s second largest hospital group for £432m. The move which might have pre-empted US buyers, surprised analysts, who said that as recently as February 2015, Mediclinic management was saying it had no plans to invest in mature, developed markets. Shares in Mediclinic at ZAR 10,317 are up just 3% on the announcement of the deal. Meanwhile, talks between Netcare, the largest South African group and Mater Private, the second largest Irish player, have collapsed.
June 26, 2015
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