After a stagnant 2018, UK hospital group Spire Healthcare showed improvement with 3.4% revenue growth in H1 2019. All its payor segments increased but self-pay, its key target area, was weak.
Germany spends more on healthcare in real terms than any country in Europe. Alongside France, it also has the highest spending ratio for healthcare at 11.2% GDP. Here, we show you how the German for-profit healthcare market breaks down by sector and give you some insight into M&A in its three biggest markets.
A large private hospital in the UAE closed this week, as a tougher payor climate because of the A-class expat exodus hits the sector, HBI is told. Another source says that some groups may have over-extended themselves trying to keep up with a dominant NMC Health.
A deal to buy pan-southeast Asian hospital group Columbia Asia has reportedly been agreed, while The Philippines' largest private hospital group's dual-track process is rolling on with a prospectus filed and second-round bids in.
Mediclinic-owned Swiss hospital group Hirslanden is selling a small hospital to rival Swiss Medical Network (SMN) in an opco-propco deal. We are told that most of the transaction value is in the real estate.
Oaktree-backed Spanish healthcare property investor Healthcare Activos has sold 20 assets to company backed by Spanish investors and eyeing REIT listing in Spain in the next two years. We talk to Activos founder and minority shareholder in both companies, Jorge Guarner, about the deal and the Spanish market.
Fresenius Helios-owned Spanish hospital group Quironsalud has acquired two more hospitals in Medellin, Colombia, and looks to be mirroring its Spanish strategy of building dominant positions in central urban markets. We talk to Fresenius Helios.
We talk to the CEO of UnitedHealth Group-owned Lusiadas Saude, Portugal’s third-largest private hospital group and the only one whose facilities have had their electronic health record technology rubber-stamped by HIMSS, the largest health IT organisation in the world. He explains what that actually means for delivering acute healthcare services.
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