In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.
Terveystalo, one of Finland’s two for-profit healthcare giants, saw strong growth in 2021, helped by its recent move into Sweden and a Covid boost. We speak to Terveystalo’s head of investor relations and two analysts, to analyse growth drivers.
A major French operator, the Doctegestio group, has launched a new platform called Avec which combines everything from dentistry and primary care to hospital and nursing homes. We talk to Bernard Bensaid, the entrepreneur behind Avec.
A wide range of outpatient specialities can be linked to a diagnostics and/or primary care back bone, building a complete ambulatory ecosystem linked by telehealth. Thanks to employers paying, this is a reality in Finland with Terveystalo and in Poland with Lux-Med and Medicover. Similar hub and spoke models are also the norm in the United Arab Emirates. But can it be done elsewhere and who is doing it? We name the highly ambitious operators and their platforms across the main European countries.
Rumours are swirling of a bid for Orpea, the scandal-hit pan-European care group. According to the rumours, another large French care home group is preparing a bid for Orpea. We hear this from a UK advisory source who named the buyer.
French elderly care giant Korian has been dragged into the controversy surrounding the French nursing home sector. A lawyer is launching a group lawsuit against the company based on the experiences of some of the residents at its nursing homes. HBI speaks to financial analysts to find out what the potential long term impact on the sector might be of this, and the ongoing Orpea crisis.
HBI hears Lusiadas Saude, Portugal’s third-largest hospital group by revenue, is for sale. Meanwhile, imaging and labs may be affected by the surprise re-election of the leftist Socialist government. HBI speaks with a healthcare consultant in Portugal to find out more.
Five major private health insurers in Chile saw record losses in 2021, collectively worth $137bn. The losses ‘put the entire private health system at risk’, according to private health insurers’ representative body the Association of Isapres.
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