The majority of France's private lab groups have started a nine-day strike after the country's statutory insurer unveiled plans that could shrink reimbursement by 10% over the next three years.
After a stagnant 2018, UK hospital group Spire Healthcare showed improvement with 3.4% revenue growth in H1 2019. All its payor segments increased but self-pay, its key target area, was weak.
A large private hospital in the UAE closed this week, as a tougher payor climate because of the A-class expat exodus hits the sector, HBI is told. Another source says that some groups may have over-extended themselves trying to keep up with a dominant NMC Health.
Stockholm's Health and Medical Administration has told Unilabs that it might have to fulfil the company's outsourcing tender with sub-contractors after long waiting lists emerged.
French hospital group Ramsay General de Santé has been hit by a ransomware attack affecting all 120 of its healthcare facilities. It comes as lab company Eurofins reveals the full financial implications of the ransomware attack it suffered two months ago.
Australian lab group Sonic Healthcare has seen outsourcing boost its organic growth in both the UK and Swiss markets, adding that it has acquisitions lined up in the €1bn German anatomical pathology market. Commentators say the company is the true consolidator of the German market. The group saw its strongest European growth in the UK […]
KRY's UK subsidiary Livi now has the biggest patient catchment by volume for telehealth consultations in the UK after signing three new deals with the NHS. HBI speaks to its UK country manager, Luke Buhl-Nielsen, about the expansion and its impact so far.
Medicover CEO Fredrik Ragmark warns that he expects the Polish economy to slow down in 2020, which may slow the sustained strong growth of its healthcare services arm.
China is experiencing a boom in cosmetic surgery placing it among the fastest-growing medical cosmetic and aesthetic markets in the world, according to a new report by Nasdaq listed So-Young.
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