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NHS England trims operator list as PMI drives private pay recovery

We reveal which UK private hospital operators are still in NHS England's new national agreement and which left it on Tuesday, September 8. Private medical insurers (PMI) are 'busting' to get policyholders treated after delays but operators face a delicate balancing act in also helping the NHS clear waiting lists, an analyst tells HBI, as the market recovers to 70-80% of 2019 activity levels during July and August. 

Interview: Jan Leister, executive director of digital health, Fresenius Helios

Fresenius Helios has a new incoming digital health executive, who after heading up the Fresenius Group's German rehab business for the past four years wants to disrupt the way it manages chronic disease by transforming it from a pure hospital operator into a digi-physical healthcare group. Leister tells HBI that he wants to sell its digital therapeutics solution Curalie right into emerging markets.

Swiss Medical Network: outpatient centre acquisition is not a referral stream

Switzerland's second-largest for-profit hospital group Swiss Medical Network (SMN) has acquired a primary and outpatient care centre in Bern, but the deal was  "not done to steer more patients to the group’s hospitals," a spokesperson tells us. We look at the primary care market in Switzerland and how SMN's approach to it differs from competitors.

Macquarie in talks to buy middle market Spanish hospital player

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is reportedly in talks to buy a majority stake in Viamed Salud, Spain's ninth-largest for-profit hospital operator by revenue. Why is a top 50 global asset manager buying a middle-market operator?

Interview: Nasser Al Hagbani, CEO, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group

Saudi/UAE hospital operator Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group (HmG) is by far the largest player by revenue in the GCC at $1.3bn. Shares have all but doubled since its IPO in March, making it the sixth-largest hospital stock globally by market capitalisation at $8.5bn. Its lucrative tele-ICU centre is the largest in the world by beds monitored. In this exclusive interview, Hagbani discusses HmG's listing, business model, Saudisation efforts, declining expat market and of course COVID-19.

GHP rolls out new deal with insurers

GHP, the Stockholm-listed Swedish and Middle East clinic chain, where shares have risen all but sevenfold in seven years, is rolling out a new outsourced model for health insurers. So far this covers 100,000 patients. We talk to CEO Daniel Ohman.

Helios eats pack of Maltesers

German and Spanish hospital group Fresenius Helios is buying three more hospitals in Germany from the Malteser non-profit foundation, adding €160m in annual sales and increasing size of the for-profit hospital sector by 1-1.5%.

Rede d’Or hires banks for $2.7bn IPO

Rede d'Or, Brazil's largest hospital chain by revenue, has reportedly hired banks to prepare a long-awaited $2.7bn IPO for the autumn. The company reportedly expects a valuation of $17.8bn, which would make it the second-largest listed hospital group in the world by market capitalisation after HCA.

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