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Interview: Justin Ash, CEO, Spire Healthcare

COVID-19 transformed how private hospitals in the UK operate perhaps more than anywhere else, with groups like Spire becoming majority-funded by the NHS for the first time ever. But where does that leave its private business going forward and what has the experience been like? CEO Justin Ash discusses this as well as the lessons learned from recent investigations into transgressions at Spire hospitals.
September 29, 2020

Russian hospitals continue push into oncology

MD Medical has seen oncology revenues soar by 351% in H1 and this month will open its new cancer hospital for patients. It's not alone in diversifying away from self-pay activity.
September 29, 2020

Hapvida and Intermedica continue M&A binge through crisis

Brazilian listed HMOs (health management organisations) Hapvida Saude and Grupo Notre Dame Intermedica have resumed their M&A binge since July after a quiet second quarter, despite the pandemic continuing to rage throughout the country. 
September 29, 2020

French and Italian hospital groups’ diverging recovery reflects COVID experience

August activity levels for France's second-largest hospital group Elsan were ahead of 2019, while Italy's largest player San Donato is still 30% down due to a more gradual restart of electives and stricter contagion control in Lombardy, HBI can reveal. The cautiousness reflects just how hard-hit the region was.
September 24, 2020

Spire’s payor mix turned on its head in Q2

UK hospital group Spire Healthcare became a majority NHS-funded provider for the first time ever during the first half of 2020 as it became an extension of the public health system, its H1 2020 results reveal. What are the implications and how do you value a company in such unprecedented circumstances? We talk to an analyst. 
September 24, 2020

PWC on M&A drivers in Spanish healthcare sector

The Spanish private healthcare market has been one of Europe's most attractive for institutional investors of late with strong organic and inorganic growth opportunities. PWC Spain's deals leader for Healthcare & Pharma Jose Zarzalejos talks us through the drivers, movers and shakers in the six main sub-sectors: hospitals, imaging, oncology, care homes, IVF and dentistry.
September 24, 2020

Apollo Q1 results highlight scope of COVID impact in India

The effect of the COVID crisis was evident in Indian hospital chain Apollo's Q1 results, announced on Monday. It reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 226 crore ($31m) for the quarter ending June 30, but there was a silver lining in the growth of it's pharmacy business.
September 17, 2020

Insurers record massive savings from deploying telehealth

Traditional hospital business models stand to be massively disrupted as payors adopt front-end telehealth. Early adopters insurers Cigna and Aetna are seeing high patient satisfaction and huge cost savings from the deployment of telehealth in EMEA and emerging markets. Cigna is starting to grade quality at operators outside of the USA, according to the latest HBI-365 panel discussion. Go to HBI-365.com to find out more.
September 17, 2020
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