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New off-payroll worker legislation could cost UK operators

Healthcare operators could fall foul of UK legislation designed to target tax avoidance which is due to come into force next month. For the first time, IR35 will force for-profit groups to assess the legal status of contractors receiving payments via an intermediary - and a failure to do so could prove costly.  HBI speaks to a specialist tax barrister to find out more.
March 18, 2021

NMC CEO: Any sale will be a competitive, traditional process

Will the creditors of NMC Healthcare, the GCC's largest for-profit healthcare operator which has been in administration since April 2020, choose a sale of its core UAE business in the next 3-6 months or a longer-term, creditor-led restructuring? We talk exclusively to NMC CEO Michael Davis and UAE sources. A 'fire sale' of parts of its core UAE business now seems entirely off the table.
February 4, 2021

Canadian investment into Bourn Hall

UK-based fertility clinic specialist Bourn Hall has secured "significant investment" from Triangle Capital Corporation, a Canadian-based investment firm, in partnership with Toronto-based Bulldog Capital Partners.
January 21, 2021

Fresenius Helios buys Eugin, Elsan buys C2S

German and Spanish for-profit hospital operator Fresenius Helios has acquired global IVF operator Eugin from in-administration NMC Health, while French number two hospital group Elsan has bought smaller competitor C2S. What does the deal pricing for both say about relative valuations in the two sectors and any COVID impact? 
December 22, 2020

HBI 2020: Investor interest in hospitals increases while outpatient valuations drop

Investors from varied backgrounds - infrastructure, private equity, and REIT, are all bullish about the prospects for healthcare investment in 2021, according to a panel of experts speaking at the HBI 2020 European Investment Panel discussion. But the pandemic may have 'readjusted the relative value discussion across sectors' according to one private equity investor.
December 21, 2020

HBI 2020: Medtech and services – new partnerships and opportunities

The relationship between medtech and its customers is changing. No longer is medtech wheeled out for a one-off purchase. Long-term partnerships are being built, and patients and providers are benefitting. An expert panel at HBI 2020 explored the burgeoning relationship between medtech and services, and some of the challenges this presented.
December 21, 2020

Perella Weinberg sounds out buyers for $1bn+ NMC Health

Sell-side advisors Perella Weinberg are reportedly circulating teasers for in-administration international operator NMC Health's core GCC business with a view to a potential sale in April. We look at the potential for the potential new owners to consolidate the UAE hospital market.
December 10, 2020

European mid-market deals return but top end still quiet

Middle-market M&A is picking up again across healthcare sub-sectors in Europe, but investors are still reluctant to take the leap on larger assets. We round up where deals are - and aren't happening, and why. There is close to €1.2bn revenue up for grabs in the dentistry sector, nearly €1bn in the psychiatry sector, and around €750m in other outpatient services like ophthalmology and IVF.
December 3, 2020

Interview: Klaus Boehncke, Partner, L.E.K. Consulting 

What can you do with AI and big data today and what will be possible within three years? Why has adoption been slower than you might have expected? And what sort of role should health care providers look to play? HBI gets an expert view from digital, technology and business strategy expert Klaus Boehncke, partner at L.E.K. Consulting, who is chairing the Best Practice Workshop: Delivering Digital Excellence: A Framework for Success at HBI 2020 in two weeks.
December 3, 2020

CEE – a land of opportunity?

With 125 million people - 80 million of whom live in the big four (Poland, Romania, Czechia and Hungary) - CEE is a large and diverse market. But is it a tempting one? HBI-365 members heard an expert panel in our CEE State of the Regions broadcast suggest that while COVID is creating huge problems across the world, it is also creating opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.
December 1, 2020
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