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European domiciliary care provider breaks even in Asia

Buurtzorg, a Dutch domiciliary care business, is finally breaking even on the Asian market after a challenging first few years. We speak to Buurtzorg Asia's CEO Stephan Dyckerhoff about the difficulties of implementing his model in the far East.

Emerging market – the real healthcare insurance opportunity

A fairly bleak picture of the future of healthcare in emerging markets was painted by Laurent Pochat-Cottilloux, Global Head of Healthcare Reinsurance at Axa Reinsurance, speaking at the UniGlobal Annual Health Insurance Conference.

Healthcare insurers: what does a successful strategy look like?

Here we look at what strategies private medical insurers plan to follow over the next few years based on our attendance at UniGlobal's 10th conference in Berlin. This complements our other article - International Healthcare Insurers - It's a Hard Life - which gives a picture of where insurers really are today.

International healthcare insurers – it’s a hard life

What is it really like to be a big international private medical insurer? Based on interviews with (un-named) managers at several big groups, here is our take. What emerges clearly is that insurers see themselves as weak and may be surprisingly ignorant about provider networks. They still behave as little more than passive bill payers.

New performance-based payment system for Swiss psychiatry

The new performance-based reimbursement system for Swiss inpatient psychiatric institutions poses "a considerable challenge to the financial management of Swiss psychiatries" according to PwC. Healthcare Europa speaks to Head of Swiss Healthcare at PwC, Patrick Schwendener, to find out more.

New Dutch value-based payment system for mental health services

Dutch health insurer Menzis has put in place value-based payments dependent on healthcare providers' results for the treatment of depression. We speak to a market expert and a Dutch outpatient provider in mental health about the changes.

Hospitals in our pockets: the future of African healthcare

Before British primary care digital health player Babylon came along, the Rwandan government had never signed a contract with a private healthcare provider. A universal healthcare coverage scheme called Mutuelles de Santé had been operating in the country since 1999, but ten years later was spending 9.7% of GDP on health. The government and its citizens needed a means to make healthcare more accessible and affordable: so in 2016 it invited a private digital health platform to help connect patients to doctors.

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