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Comeback treatments squeeze payors

Claims on private medical insurance were higher than expected for some providers in the second quarter, hitting or even exceeding pre-pandemic levels for the first time.  The picture is similar for public payors with AOK reporting double-digit growth in spending. Across the board, it's having an impact on the bottom line - and leaving some substantially in the red.
August 19, 2021

Medicover adds IVF in Norway

Pan-EU healthcare and diagnostics provider Medicover has bought IVF provider Klinikk Hausken, entering the Norweigan market for the first time. 
August 18, 2021

Singapore doctor becomes a billionaire fighting Covid

Loo Choon Yong, executive chairman of Asia-based healthcare provider Raffles Medical Group, has become a billionaire after his company joined the effort to fight Covid-19 sending its profits and share price soaring.
August 17, 2021

Rede D’Or bids for Alliar

Brazil's largest hospital group Rede D'Or has launched a takeover bid for one of the country's largest diagnostic groups Alliar. 
August 16, 2021

German state nationalises Sana hospital

German state North Rhine-Westphalia is taking over Sana Kliniken’s 50% stake in one of Europe’s largest cardiology clinics. It’s Germany’s second recent non-profit merger in heart medicine.
August 13, 2021

Payors throw money at mental health

Psychotherapy, a highly fragmented market across Europe, has historically been mostly private pay. Waves of pandemic-related mental health crises are now forcing payors to multiply budgets or add new tariffs in countries from Czechia to Switzerland. Where's the opportunity?
August 12, 2021

Shift to outpatient in Germany may not increase for-profit opportunities

The shift from inpatient to outpatient care during the pandemic has been particularly visible in Germany, and it is widely accepted will continue post Covid. HBI catches up with two German healthcare experts to understand what this shift means for the market, and why an otherwise tempting outpatient investment proposition is less palatable than it would be elsewhere in Europe.
August 12, 2021
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