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Payor and Operator Models

 

Still unclear where for-profit sector will benefit from EU funds

European countries will spend about €50bn on healthcare infrastructure spending thanks to loans and grants from the EU. However, we are months down the line and it's still not clear how the for-profit will benefit. Some operators are also worried that a flood of public sector capex spending will make them less competitive.
September 24, 2021

UK NHS dental activity may never return to pre-Covid levels

There were strong opinions at HBI 2020 on the key question as to whether NHS activity in the UK will ever return to pre-pandemic levels; UK CEOs and investors at HBI 2021 were less than optimistic about its chances, but double digit private growth is filling the gap.
September 24, 2021

Payors & Providers – Strengthening ties

Bupa, Cigna and Axa all have very different approaches to healthcare delivery. Yes, all three are moving strongly towards owning the diagnostic first mile of the patient journey. But Bupa has developed a model with a lot of vertical integration, owning assets as varied as dentistry, hospitals and outpatient, Axa has bought some assets where […]
September 21, 2021

Keynote: The Future of Healthcare

Helios Fresenius is by far the largest European for-profit hospital operator with over €9.8bn of revenue in Germany and Spain. It is also active in Latin America and its digital health platform, Curalie, is a global contender in diagnosis, physician selection, treatment and rehabilitation. Its acquisition of Eugin also makes it one of the largest […]
September 21, 2021

International Hospital Chains: Sector Analysis

Day surgery combined with digital health and far more sophisticated homecare will force this conservative sector to change. How can hospitals build stronger lifetime relationships with patients? How far are they deploying value health and successfully cutting costs? And how do you best manage all this change? Confirmed speakers include: Ronnie van der Merwe, Mediclinic […]
September 20, 2021

Portugal’s PPP experiment all but dead

Politics has finally ended Portugal's public-private partnership (PPP) hospital experiment. Just one operator, Ribera Salud, bid for the renewal of the final contract rendering the competition process invalid. By the end of the year, all four of the once-privately managed hospitals will likely return to the public sphere.
September 16, 2021

The new group building a hospital for millennials

Portugal has a new private hospital company which is building specialised acute care framed around the consumer behaviour of millennials. Why does the sector need a new player? Because the traditional operators have more difficulty in deploying good digital transformation, the project's CEO tells HBI.
September 15, 2021

Global names on Saudi imaging PPP shortlist but ‘no decision yet’

Alliance, Affidea, Ribera Salud and InHealth are all among the eight name shortlist for Saudi Arabia's massive radiology private public partnership. However, a source in the market tells HBI that progress is still slow and a decision has not been made on a winner.
September 2, 2021

Comeback treatments squeeze payors

Claims on private medical insurance were higher than expected for some providers in the second quarter, hitting or even exceeding pre-pandemic levels for the first time.  The picture is similar for public payors with AOK reporting double-digit growth in spending. Across the board, it's having an impact on the bottom line - and leaving some substantially in the red.
August 19, 2021

Payors throw money at mental health

Psychotherapy, a highly fragmented market across Europe, has historically been mostly private pay. Waves of pandemic-related mental health crises are now forcing payors to multiply budgets or add new tariffs in countries from Czechia to Switzerland. Where's the opportunity?
August 12, 2021
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