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Sana set to win Offenbach

Sana has pipped Helios: it is now favoured to win the contract to functionally privatise Offenbach Hospital. We look at the terms, and whether there will be more privatisation in Germany and its neighbours.

Will liberalisation come to the Dutch lab market?

Dutch Minister of Health Edith Schippers has begun the task of reforming the nation’s laboratory sector - but is this good news? Independent labs in the country must, by law, be not-for-profits. They are, essentially, uninvestible. With changes coming to the €730m primary care diagnostics market, some labs eagerly expect liberalisation. We talk to Kees Broekman, manager of clinic operator VieCuri’s diagnostics department, and Thijs Veerman, CEO of independent primary care diagnostics operator Star-MDC, to find out more.

Healthcare Reform – Opportunity or Threat? Presentation, Nicolaus Henke, Global Leader of the Healthcare Systems and Services Practice, McKinsey

Nicolaus has unrivaled access to, and experience of, European payors. He examines the reform trajectory and likely budget growth in different European countries and considers what impact this will have for private hospitals, outsourcers and specialist service providers. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2013, New Models for Challenging Times.

RHM buys Heinrich Mann clinic

Waterland-owned RHM Kliniken has acquired the Heinrich Mann clinic as part of its buy-and-build strategy. We look at how the rehabilitation and specialist nursing home group is developing.

Bergman plans massive growth

Bergman Clinics, the largest private ambulatory clinic chain in the Netherlands, plans to grow 2012 sales of €70m nearly four times to €250m by 2016. The group, owned by the Malenstein family and entrepreneur Jaap Maljers, is looking for an external investor to take a minority stake. We talk to Chief Executive Bart Malenstein and give an overview of the Dutch private clinic market.

Buurtzorg falters in Sweden

Innovative Dutch medical homecare provider Buurtzorg has entered Sweden - and hit a series of problems that demonstrate just how hard it is in Europe to export winning business models.

Report: Psychiatry: The private sector expands across Europe

Across Europe, a nascent private sector is expanding into psychiatric care provision for the continent’s public payors. But with all major markets still stuck in the economic doldrums, are they fighting for a shrinking slice of the pie? Healthcare Europa takes a look at select markets to see how far private operators are making inroads into mental healthcare.

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