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“Retailisation” of Italy’s private market poaches patients from the public sector

Italians are increasingly turning to the private sector for diagnostic tests, dentistry and outpatient specialists leading to a "retailisation" of healthcare. We talk to three of the largest of this new breed of operators to assess the emerging market. Italian patients today pay privately for 20 percent of their healthcare expenses, which amounted to a […]
August 1, 2014

HCA reacts with fury to Competition Commission ruling

The final version of the UK Competition Commission report lets BMI keep all its hospitals, but will still force HCA to divest hospitals with sales of roughly £150m plus or a quarter of its London empire. Can HCA lodge a successful appeal? And what is the silver lining which means the report should revolutionise the UK private hospital sector?-
April 2, 2014

Sana might buy Rhoen or Asklepios

Sana Klinken, the third largest German private hospital group, has explicitly stated that it would like to buy Rhoen Klinikum or Asklepios. This in order to better compete with Fresenius’s Helios subsidiary, which following its acquisition of most of Rhoen’s hospitals, now has sales of over €5.5bn a year making it twice the size of its nearest competitor Asklepios.
March 28, 2014

Insurers seek new solution as Poland mulls new occupational healthcare rules

Healthcare insurers in Poland are keen to build a platform to compete with Medicover, as well as Bupa-owned LUX-MED, administered by a third party. Meanwhile, it still looks likely that a new occupational healthcare law will be passed this Spring, which could trigger huge growth in the private sector.
February 13, 2014

Romania to tighten basket of services

After nearly a decade since the last structural reforms to its healthcare system, the Romanian government is about to move to a new model, in which citizens' rights to free healthcare are carefully defined and restricted. Will this lead to a private healthcare bonanza?
February 13, 2014

Will supplementary insurance save French private providers?

Over the last three years, many people in the private sector have indicated that the real growth in France will come from the rise of supplementary insurance and the retreat of the state. “France will become a little more like America,” they tell us. The rise of supplementary insurance will give the private sector, from dentists to hospitals, the space they need to breathe. But is this really true?
February 7, 2014

Norwegian government examines private sector involvement

Healthcare was a hot topic in the 2013 Norwegian elections. The right won partly on a promise to involve the private sector, with state money following the patient. But how to implement the pledge? The country's Minister of Health and Care Services might be having second thoughts.
February 7, 2014

More Irish troubles

Further troubles have emerged in the Irish private hospital sector. A new report shows that the sustainability of private medical insurance is threatened as the number of young enrollees drops.
January 15, 2014
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