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Interview: Arjan Toor, CEO, Cigna Europe

Cigna now describes itself as “a global health service company” rather than an insurer and has reorganised its European operations. Toor has recently been promoted to CEO Europe. He says that the insurer, which has 15% (US$840m) of its revenue in Europe, doesn't want to verticalise through owning primary care providers but wants instead to provide an end-to-end user experience.

Spain and Israel’s GPs among worst paid in OECD

Spain and Israel's General Practitioners (GPs) rank among the worst paid in the OECD when accounting for purchasing power. HBI looks at a new healthcare salary index to compare pay across the world.

Property investors active after month-long silence

Property investors see healthcare as a far more attractive option than bombed-out leisure or retail and are already back in the market, says Stephane Pichon, boss of Your Care Consult, which has just published its 2019 European property report. That is despite a big hike in interest rates on bank loans. We look at the current situation across Europe and also at Your Care’s figures on 2019 market size and growth rates by country.

Booking data shows outpatient has all but stopped

Patient footfall for outpatient care across the world has all but stopped. Exclusive data from DocPlanner shows which specialities have seen the biggest drop in appointments booked and where telemedicine is really picking up some of the slack. We assess this against outpatient volumes in Singapore during SARS to see when it might pick up.

Life puts Scanmed sale on hold

South African hospital group Life Healthcare has postponed its sale of Polish subsidiary Scanmed despite already receiving non-binding bids, due to the coronavirus.

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