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Using the web to set patients free

New websites, which bring together groups of qualified carers and allow patients to easily identify and select people with the expertise they need, are growing in the Netherlands, said Bas Leerink, director of statutory insurer Menzis, talking at the Healthcare Europa conference. Randomised trials show they save money and improve care....
March 20, 2012

Will Polish PMI market soar?

The Polish private health insurance market is tiny, but set to become a huge part of the country’s healthcare system, according to pan-European insurer Signal Iduna, as new laws are passed. But Signal still reckons that “under the table” payments are 150 times larger than the healthcare insurance market and 15 times the size of the subscription market!...
February 28, 2012

Spanish healthcare insurance grows

Despite the recession, the number of Spaniards with private healthcare policies actually rose in 2011 according to ICEA, the body which represents the Spanish insurance industry. So why is Spain bucking the trend we've seen in Portugal, Ireland and the UK?...
February 6, 2012

Swiss DRGs clear as mud

The introduction of Swiss DRGs on January 1, 2012 is proving particularly fraught. Different insurers have negotiating different rates with different hospitals. Where insurers and hospitals have failed to agree, individual cantons have stepped in and set prices. Some prices are secret. It is all very unSwiss....
January 27, 2012

SAR aims new services at Spanish government and regions

The new Spanish government is keen to cut the cost of healthcare and wants to work with the private sector, claims Jorge Guarner, CEO at Grupo SAR, the largest Spanish nursing home group which has developed a range of new services....
January 19, 2012

President withdraws healthcare reforms

President Traian Basescu has withdrawn his entire plans for radical healthcare reform in Romania. This was prompted by big street demonstrations following the resignation of Raed Arafat, one of the Secretaries of State for Health and the author of a popular and effective national emergency service, which Arafat claimed would have been threatened by the new package....
January 13, 2012

Can the German ventilation market continue?

Ventilation patients receiving acute care in the home are some of the most expensive cases in Germany, costing around €35,000 per month. But how long can the system last?...
January 5, 2012
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