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PMI revenue up in Spain as inflation cripples insurance scheme

The MUFACE system which insures Spanish civil servants is at serious risk of collapse as it fails to keep pace with inflation, and concerned for-profit operators are starting to close their doors to its insured at a time where revenue is on the rise for PMI.
October 13, 2023

Why KKR is set to buy Eugin – and Fresenius wants to sell

Global investment company KKR is set to buy Eugin, the Spain-based fertility subsidiary owned by Germany-based conglomerate Fresenius, for €500m. We ask why KKR might want it, and whether it makes sense for Fresenius to sell.
October 6, 2023

Hungary: high risk, high reward

The Hungarian hospital market is growing at 10% per year nominally, with some of the biggest players outstripping this. With such rapid growth and growing demand the potential reward for investors is great – but with this also comes big risks.
October 6, 2023

Fico returns in Slovakia – should investors be worried?

Just in time for Halloween, Robert Fico is back. The former Slovakian prime minister who tried to renationalise insurer Dôvera has led his populist centre-left party to win the most seats in Slovakia’s 2023 elections. But a Slovak operator source tells HBI the private sector need not worry as even if Fico forms a government, it is unlikely to be the horror show some fear.
October 5, 2023

KKR set to buy Eugin for €500m

US-based global investment company KKR looks set to buy Eugin, the Spain-based fertility group owned by Germany-based conglomerate Fresenius, with which it is reportedly in exclusive talks. The deal values Eugin at around €500m.
October 2, 2023

Cinven goes ahead with Synlab take-private

UK PE group Cinven is pushing ahead with its €10-per-share acquisition of multinational labs group Synlab by launching a public acquisition offer to all shareholders. This comes after several months of slience after Cinven made an initial non-binding offer to take the group private back in March. 
September 29, 2023

Controversial care cuts in the Netherlands on hold following fall of government

Elderly care in the Netherlands has been stuck in a state of limbo for a while now. Political upheaval over the summer and the collapse of a four-party coalition government after 18 months in power has only made the future of care - and the implementation of planned budget cuts - harder to predict. HBI chats to a consultant to find out more.
September 29, 2023

Why it pays to do the basics when building a patient pathway

A German outpatient operator tells HBI how providers are attracting and keeping patients within their businesses throughout the patient pathway, with as many as 50% of complex ophthalmology referrals coming from internal sources. HBI hears it pays to do basic (less profitable) work and even consider retail early in the patient journey so when they really do need help, they already have a provider of choice.
September 29, 2023
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