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Academic Medical Centers Involvement in Foreign Markets: An American Perspective on a Multi-Billion Dollar Business: Presentation, Juan Carlos Negrette, University of Utah

Mayo, Johns Hopkins, Cleveland, UPMC and Texas Medical Centers have built huge revenue streams from patient referrals and affiliation programmes. Juan Carlos, formerly managing director at Johns Hopkins International, presents recent research including his estimates of revenue flows by group and dissects the business models, successful and unsuccessful, that they have deployed. What are the lessons for other players?

Lessons from the Future: New York State’s Medicaid Reforms: Presentation, John Howard, KPMG

Around 80-90% of payments to Medicaid providers in New York State will be based on quality outcomes by 2020. Much the new system, perhaps the most advanced of its kind in the world, are already up and running. Here John looks in detail at the implication for providers, whether they are delivering elective acute care or chronic disease management programmes. How is the new system affecting consumers and the behaviour of referring doctors? How is New York using big data to analyse outcomes?

CARE gets serious in Myanmar

India’s CARE Hospitals is close to signing an exclusive partnership agreement with two hospital groups in Myanmar bringing its entry into the market one step closer.

The shift to outpatient Strategic implications: Presentation, Romain Boichat, Corpus Health

Building strong outpatient networks is essential for all Europe's large private hospital groups. That reflects a payor-led shift away from inpatient care, but outpatient networks will also enable hospitals to get closer to patients and to build much more powerful brands. But building outpatient is a huge challenge as margins are far lower. Here Romain explores these issues and how a combination of telemedicine and outpatient will transform care delivery. Aevis runs the second largest group of private hospitals in Switzerland, a hotel group, a real estate division, and owns Medgate, which with revenue of $35m is Europe's largest telehealth operator.

Acute Care in Emerging Markets: Presentation, Nate McLemore, Columbia Pacific Management

With 2,500+ beds, 28 hospitals and 4 clinics across India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kenya, Colombia Pacific is one of the top chains in Asia operating under the brands Columbia Asia, Columbia China and Columbia Africa. Nate looks at how patient profile and demand is changing; at the mistakes operators commonly make in Emerging Markets and asks what private health care delivery will look like in 5-10 years time.

Could strong growth in Brazil attract investor interest?

One of Brazil’s largest private hospitals has seen strong growth despite employment and health insurance coverage plummeting during the country's recession. Now that left-wing former president Dilma Rousseff has been impeached, the manager of this surprisingly profitable hospital expects foreign investors to start taking notice.

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