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Regina Maria teaser out

A teaser for Regina Maria, the second largest hospital/outpatient chain in Romania went out just before the start of 2015. It is being sold by private equity house Advent International which is disengaging from Eastern Europe.
January 9, 2015

Czech DRG reform could help private sector

The Czech government has set up a committee to reform payments. Called DRG Restart, it could end a regime in which payments vary widely from hospital to hospital and which militates against chronic disease management programmes. Meanwhile, the government finally abolished a hated CZK30 (€1) payment for visits to primary doctors.
January 9, 2015

Public and private health insurers to battle it out in South Africa

South Africa is bracing for a face-off between the government and private insurers over its fractured healthcare market. The government wants to bring all South Africans under a universal health insurance scheme, but the policy has suffered numerous delays. Now private insurers want to release their own rival policies, but this calls for a change of law. Healthcare Nova spoke to Dr Michael Thiede, founder of Scenarium Group, a healthcare and social protection policy consultancy.
January 8, 2015

Foreign hospital groups eye up opportunities in China

US hospital group Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the largest private operator of healthcare services in the world, opened its first hospital in China in July 2014. Other groups look set to follow, as the Chinese government is opening the market to foreign operators. But will they succeed?
January 8, 2015

From around the world…

Our weekly summary of healthcare news from around the world. This week we look at India, Malaysia, China, Thailand and the Middle East.
January 8, 2015

Australian fertility group Virtus eyes Europe

Australian listed fertility group Virtus Health is expanding its presence in Ireland and plans to move into the UK in 2015, its Irish subsidiary told Healthcare Europa.
January 7, 2015

Revolving door turns (again) at Medsi

After just 15 months, Alexei Chupin has been replaced as CEO of Medsi, the big Russian hospital chain, which is part of Sistema, the conglomerate controlled by oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov.
January 7, 2015
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