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Post-Acute rehab goes private 

Post-acute rehabilitation is fast-becoming the latest sector from which the NHS in the UK is preparing to retreat. And levels of publicly-paid for rehab elsewhere in Europe are often surprisingly poor.

Unilabs makes three acquisitions in France

The consolidation of the French lab market continues as Swiss diagnostic labs group Unilabs has acquired Biopath and its 39 labs in France, along with two smaller regional players.

Cerba expands

Cerba HealthCare, the big French international diagnostic lab group, is expanding rapidly in Italy and looking at other markets.

Senior Group looks to Baltics for expansion

France-based assisted living operator Senior Group is looking for a Baltics breakthrough after initial ambitious attempts stalled. We speak to CEO Nicolai Kobliakov as the company looks for investors. 

KKR plans ambitious hospital consolidation in China

KKR, the global private equity giant, has formed SinoCare Group, a hospital investment and management platform in China that will acquire, build-out and consolidate existing hospitals. Healthcare Nova speaks to a Hong-Kong based consultant to find out what people think on the ground.

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.

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.

Dementia insurance policies in Europe within a year

Dementia policies which pay out for care are available in Japan and the USA and will be sold in Europe by the autumn of 2019 or earlier, says Peter Ohmenus, President and CEO of Dacadoo, the digital genetics wellness platform.

Axa shakes up Switzerland

Healthcare insurer Axa is shaking up the Swiss market by turning it on its head. It is offering to find consumers the cheapest statutory insurance product which all but guarantees that they get Axa’s supplementary product for free.

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