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Romanian public sector wage hike hits private sector

A doubling of state salaries for healthcare sector workers in Romania has hit the private sector hard, we are told.

March 28, 2019

Saudi Ministry of Health seeks more dialysis providers

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health is looking for more international operators to provide dialysis services across the Kingdom, despite having recently renewed contracts with Diaverum and DaVita. Local sources tell HBI that the Ministry wants international operators to help fill the supply gap in the Kingdom. The number of patients needing dialysis is expected to […]

March 28, 2019

Interview: Clare Connell, Connell Consulting

In seven years Clare has built Connell Consulting to a large experienced team producing commercial due diligence on £5.5bn worth of deals in the last 12 months. That makes Connell Consulting the biggest commercial due diligence adviser within the UK social care sector. Here we look at the common assumptions in nursing home sector. Are they right?

March 28, 2019

Kenya’s NHIF accredits thousands of for-profit beds but UHC still some way off

Kenya's National Health Insurance Fund has released a list of all accredited inpatient hospitals, 20-25% of which are for-profits, as it goes through a series of reforms to achieve the holy grail of Universal Health Coverage. But the former chairman of one of the country's largest hospital groups tells us the full achievement of the […]

March 21, 2019

Irish fertility market forecast downgraded as legislation fails to materialise

HBI is downgrading its growth forecast for the Irish fertility market. Legislation which looked set to publicly fund IVF and set up a new fertility legislative framework and regulator remains unenacted, and sources tell us there is no realistic prospect of it coming into force soon.

March 14, 2019

Ukraine healthcare reform in doubt

The future of Ukraine's wide-sweeping healthcare reforms is in doubt after political manoeuvres to oust the country's acting health minister.

March 7, 2019

Upcoming bill will limit German dentistry consolidation

HBI hears that an upcoming bill will raise the barriers to entry in dentistry for private equity investors while leaving the rest of outpatient untouched.

March 4, 2019

South African competition reform spells trouble for private sector

Recently-passed legislation has given South Africa's competition commission more powers to act on its findings in June 2018's health market inquiry, which was highly critical of the country's private healthcare sector.

March 1, 2019

Brazilian telemedicine’s false start

Brazil's Federal Medical Council (CFM) has re-banned telemedicine just 19 days after it unbanned the practice. A well-connected source says it could take many months for the resolution to pass afresh.

February 27, 2019

Medgate talks about its Rhoen JV

Last month we reported that Medgate had moved into Germany through a JV with the country's fourth largest hospital group. We caught up with the company to discuss models, reimbursement and the market.

February 13, 2019

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