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Eurocept buys Medizorg and tries to re-invent homecare

Eurocept, the Dutch pharmaceutical and home care company backed by private equity house GIMV, is to buy medicalised homecare group Medizorg to create a group with sales of €300m with Benelux and Pan-Nordic ambitions. We talk to Eurocept CEO, Mike van Woensel about homecare business models.
September 30, 2014

Mediq starts strategic review

Mediq, the Advent-owned, international medicalised homecare, distributor and Dutch pharmacy chain has confirmed that it has launched a strategic review of the business. We name the division our sources say will be sold and look at recent management changes.
September 12, 2014

Bupa acquisitions on track, CEO tells Healthcare Europa

Bupa’s £1.6bn, 18 month-long M&A orgy is paying off, says CEO Stuart Fletcher. Announcing first half 2014 results for the international insurer and healthcare provider, he claimed: “Acquisitions are inline with our expectations.” But the UK remains tricky. Bupa is pruning its UK care home network and the amount of PMI bought by individuals continues to fall.
August 8, 2014

Public healthcare sector killing private companies in Italy

Late payments, shut downs and politically driven management – welcome to the world of Italian private healthcare operators. We talk to Sergio Antonio Bolognese at Espansione, a consultancy specialising in advising the private sector, on the problems it faces.
August 4, 2014

Buurtzorg battered as insurers refuse to pay

Buurtzorg, the Dutch foundation which is Europe’s fastest growing homecare operator, made a loss of €500,000 in 2013 on sales of €220m, thanks to insurers refusing to pay €9.5m bills. 2015 could also be a difficult year. we talk to Buurtzorg CEO Jos de Blok.
August 4, 2014

Doctagon merger creates new doctor to domiciliary care service

Doctagon, the innovative Finnish home care service has merged its home doctor services with domiciliary care provider Kodinavux to form Stella. The deal means that Doctagon can offer patients everything from home diagnosis from a doctor through to cleaning and childcare. Private equity house Intera Partner is taking an 80% stake in Stella.
July 7, 2014

Nordic to buy Gesundheit

A majority stake in GHD Gesundheit, Germany’s largest player in home care with sales of €485m in 2013, is to be purchased by Nordic Capital from IK investment Partners. Andreas Rudolph, the Gesundheit founder, will remain as CEO.
June 20, 2014

Interview: Catalina Hoffmann, founder, Vitalia

It is rare to come across a totally new concept in elderly care. Yet that is what Catalina Hoffmann, a young woman of 26, came up with when she founded Vitalia in Spain in 2004. A chain of franchised daycentres, it delivers training and treatment to elderly people through the Hoffmann Method, patented programmes targeted at conditions such as stroke recovery, rheumatism, Parkinsons and even Alzheimers. Most patients pay privately to attend. We talk to Hoffmann who is about to launch in Brazil and Mexico. Her next target is Florida.
May 27, 2014

WMO spells all change for Dutch elderly care

“It is the biggest reform in Dutch healthcare since 1963” says Bernadet Naber, spokeswoman at Actiz, the association which represents the Dutch nursing home sector. A new so-called WMO law, discussed in parliament this week, would give domiciliary care and day centres to local government, put medicalised homecare in the hands of the healthcare insurers and lead to a massive reduction in beds in the Dutch nursing home sector, as length of stay drops from over 2 years to closer to one year.
April 23, 2014

Interview: Kustaa Piha, CEO and Founder, Med Group

Kustaa, 35, founded Med Group in 2008 and claims it is now Finland’s largest player in ambulances and homecare. EBITDA came to ¢4.5m on sales of €39m in 2013 and sales should rise 28% to €50m in 2014. He explains the focus behind a company which has everything from ambulances to homecare and from dentistry to primary care, outlines Med Group’s new homecare concept and talks about how reform is likely to open up the Finnish market.
April 15, 2014
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