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Healthcare Reform

 

Indian groups seek new areas as government price ceilings hit profits

Government regulations mean hospitals have been forced to cut their charges for drugs and devices in that cardiology and orthopaedics. Pacemakers are to be hit next, with falls of 50-70% in pricing. These price cuts apply even for wealthy private patients paying cash. Small wonder the largest player, Apollo Hospitals, is down 29% on the year with Fortis off 18%. So how are Indian hospital groups reacting?

IVBAR spreads its wings

For-profit healthcare data platform the IVBAR Institute, which works for both payors and operators to analyse patient outcomes, is moving out of its native Sweden. We look at its business model and expansion plans. 

IDIS Foundation makes progress on waiting list proposal

Spain’s autonomous communities are considering outsourcing their surgical waiting lists to the private sector in a plan put forward by the association of private healthcare (IDIS), says its director general.

Pan-European dentistry is here, but at what price?

The first truly Pan-European dentistry giant with clinics in around ten countries could soon be a reality after years of gradual bottom-up consolidation. A huge fragmented market remains to be conquered – but we hear concerns that prices are coming unstuck from reality.

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