Medicover, the Pan-East European subscription and lab provider, has its eyes on buying one of the two big Romanian healthcare chains, which are now for sale. We also get feedback on its new lab operation in Moscow and assess other bidders.
A teaser for Regina Maria, the second largest hospital/outpatient chain in Romania went out just before the start of 2015. It is being sold by private equity house Advent International which is disengaging from Eastern Europe.
We talk to academics and policymakers about TTIP's potential impact on public sector healthcare provision in Europe. Fear, uncertainty and doubt surround the discussions between the European Union and the United States on the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its possible impact on public healthcare services.
Advent International will sell its Romanian and Polish healthcare service businesses in the next year, say sources. Both investments were made after Advent raised its last CEE fund in 2008 which is now being liquidated.
Private equity house Permira is backing a merger between Mesa Medical, a Pan-European supplier of third party maintenance and used imaging kit, and Asteral, which is the largest provider of managed equipment services around imaging equipment in the UK. The deal will alarm suppliers like Siemens, GE and Philips.
As reported here last week, the National Health Insurance Fund has outlawed all co-pays for National Health Insurance Fund patients apart from a 300 lei overnight charge for hotel services. The government has also ruled that senior surgeons in the public sector can not also practice privately.
Private providers will not be able to charge co-payments for treatment paid for by Romania's National Health Insurance Fund. The move is a blow private hospitals and particularly for the new radiotherapy centres which have sprung up. We assess the likely damage.
The new Romanian government is considering ways of limiting how much the state payor, the National Health Insurance House spends on private inpatient care. But its options may be limited. Meanwhile, it plans to both limit citizens' access to primary care and, at the same time, force citizens to see their doctor every 1 to 3 years.
A panel at Healthcare Europa looked at what opportunities were opening up in the three of the largest East European markets - Russia, Poland and Romania. We report.
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