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Polish Mandatory Health Insurance/Reform: Presentation, Joe Ryan, CFO, Medicover

Joe has 17 years experience as CFO of Medicover, the only Pan-East European provider of comprehensive medical services from insurance to hospitals, ambulatory centres and diagnostics. Medicover is active across Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Belarus, the Balkans and other ex-Soviet republics. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2014, The Return of the Bull Market.

EMC builds network in Lower Silesia

EMC, the Polish hospital privatisation chain now owned by Penta Investments and PZU, the big Polish insurer, has big plans. We talk to EMC president, Piotr Gerber.

Insurers seek new solution as Poland mulls new occupational healthcare rules

Healthcare insurers in Poland are keen to build a platform to compete with Medicover, as well as Bupa-owned LUX-MED, administered by a third party. Meanwhile, it still looks likely that a new occupational healthcare law will be passed this Spring, which could trigger huge growth in the private sector.

Bribery in healthcare

The vast majority of bribes paid by citizens in Europe have to do with access to healthcare, according to an EU anti-corruption report. Healthcare and pharma businesses in Europe are also the most likely of any industry, with 77% agreeing, to think that corruption is widespread in their country. The report puts the total cost of corruption in the EU at €120bn - a little less than the annual EU budget. We look at the underlying numbers.

Interview: Henk de Jong, CEO, Fa-Med

Will a pan-European market in medical factoring develop? Will we even see statutory pan-European healthcare insurers? We talk to Henk de Jong, CEO of Fa-Med, the largest medical factoring group in the Netherlands - and, probably, in Europe - which is looking at Germany, Poland and Switzerland. Fa-Med has been owned by Waterland private equity for over a decade. Henk is a delegate at the Healthcare Europa conference on March 13, 2014 in London.

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