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French labs pushing back against €250m cut

French labs are presenting a united front pushing back against the €250m worth of annual cuts proposed in the 2023 Social Security Budget. All of the sector’s representative bodies have voiced outrage, and a joint letter from the directors of four labs syndicates sent to l’Assurance Maladie’s (CNAM) general director demands tariffs be indexed to inflation saying the sector cannot support further cuts. 
October 13, 2022

Opportunities in Irish dentistry

The dental market in Ireland may not be the largest in Europe, but it is largely (80% plus) a private market with very little consolidation. So why haven't we seen more consolidation? HBI speaks to a market expert to find out more.
October 13, 2022

Germany to reduce inpatients by a quarter, as hospitals face insolvency

German health minister Karl Lauterbach is to implement the country's first major health care reform in 20 years. From 2023, hospitals will aim to reduce spiralling costs and remedy the workforce crisis by shifting as much as 25% of their inpatient activity to outpatient and, eventually, closing some clinics and hospitals. HBI chats to German sources to find out more about what this means for for-profit operators.
October 7, 2022

Three key takeaways from the Pan-European Procurement Summit

A common refrain at the Pan-European Procurement Summit in Brussels was that price and quality are the two biggest concerns for procurement professionals. HBI heard plenty on price – especially price transparency – but rather than quality, attention turned to the growing concerns of sustainability and digitalisation.
September 30, 2022

Interview: Dieter Zocholl, founder and CEO of XMED iQ

Dieter Zocholl is a man on a mission. On the first day of the healthcare procurement conference in Brussels, the founder and CEO of procurement specialist XMED iQ argued passionately for more price transparency in the procurement of healthcare devices. But while the host of the recent Procurement Conference in Brussels poked gentle, good-natured fun at him, Zocholl presented an interesting problem.
September 29, 2022

Dutch labs consolidation hampered by hospital reluctance to outsource

Last month we reported that there is a growth opportunity for bigger and more efficient for-profits in the largely unconsolidated Dutch labs market, as Covid testing winds down and financial pressures return to the sector. But a consultant who has previously run a Dutch hospital lab tells us a major barrier remains: a stubborn reluctance within hospitals to outsource.
September 28, 2022

Nordic PMI grows in tandem with waiting lists

Private medical insurance (PMI) plans are on the increase in the Nordic nations, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Longer public health waiting times and incentives in employment contracts are the main reasons. HBI investigates.
September 23, 2022
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