A major German imaging player is for sale. We look at the consolidators and the business models they are deploying to make money. Meanwhile, Unilabs CEO Jos Lamers says he is keen to build on recent imaging deals.
Listed pan-European healthcare and medical laboratory services provider Medicover saw its share price dip slightly, by 1.5%, as third quarter results were announced, despite a 16% jump in revenues and a 20% increase in EBITDA. India was announced as a key target for expansion, while Eastern European operations saw particularly strong growth.
Here we look at the Brazilian private healthcare services market. What is the potential in what is, per capita, the world's second largest private medical insurance market?
Imaging and lab group Alliar has its eyes on another giant Private Public partnership (PPP) contract in Brazil which would be twice as big as its US$60m a year, 11.5 year contract with Bahia state, says CEO Fernando Termi, speaking at the inaugural Healthcare Latam conference.
Brazil's third largest diagnostic group Alliar has been contracted by the government to provide diagnostics in the public sytem in Bahia. This is transforming the provision for some 12 million people. Fernando shares details about the contract and talks us through the issues, potential problems and successes of this PPP.
Swedish healthcare operator Capio has added a hospital and radiology unit to its network in Denmark. Healthcare Europa speaks to Capio, an analyst covering them and a local contact in the country.
Spanish hospital management company Ribera Salud has taken a 34% stake in Slovakian diagnostics chain Pro Diagnostic Group, with a view to increasing their share in the coming months.
There are clear signs that the World Bank increasingly favours working with the private sector in healthcare services. But there is a way to go yet and British NGOs remain intransigent.
For-profit healthcare data platform the IVBAR Institute, which works for both payors and operators to analyse patient outcomes, is moving out of its native Sweden. We look at its business model and expansion plans.
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