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FREE BLOG The four things we learnt at this year’s Global Health Insurance Conference

There's a crisis in healthcare insurance in which traditional players face being squeezed out by large tech-savvy players entering the market and cozying up to providers. But there are also opportunities for insurers willing to embrace change quickly. Healthcare Nova was at the 9th Global Health Insurance Conference in Amsterdam at the end of last month talking to delegates to find out more. These are the four key things we took away.

October 18, 2017

The benefits of genome sequencing – and the threat risk-based pricing brings to pooling

Genome sequencing – determining the complete DNA sequence of a person - has the potential to revolutionise the healthcare insurance industry. But in an industry based on risk, what effect will the increasing ability to predict how and when someone might die have on the market?

October 16, 2017

The solution to doctors over-testing in the UAE – and why it’s not being done

Physicians in GCC countries - and UAE in particular - are ordering more tests than can be justified by clinical pathways and guidelines. It's a practice known as laddering, and it's costing insurance companies in the Middle East a fortune.

October 16, 2017

The four things we learned at this year’s Global Health Insurance Conference

There's a crisis in healthcare insurance in which traditional players face being squeezed out by large tech-savvy players entering the market and cozying up to providers. But there are also opportunities for insurers willing to embrace change quickly. Healthcare Europa was at the 9th Global Health Insurance Conference in Amsterdam at the end of last month talking to delegates to find out more.

October 16, 2017

World Bank moves towards including the private sector in healthcare

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.

October 3, 2017

IVBAR spreads its wings

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.

September 27, 2017

Terveystalo moves towards pricey Finnish listing

Finnish healthcare group Terveystalo has confirmed it will IPO in Helsinki at a valuation that could reach 15 times full-year 2016 pro-forma adjusted EBITDA.

September 19, 2017

Other Americans will not replicate UnitedHealth’s LatAm “experiment”, says analyst

A $2.8bn deal for Chilé’s Banmedica is a valuable learning opportunity for the US giant UnitedHealth but others insurers are unlikely to follow suit, we heard from a US-based analyst.

September 19, 2017

United Health creates largest emerging markets provider

US insurer United Health has agreed a friendly deal to buy Banmedica, the integrated payor provider that covers Chile and has moved into Colombia and Peru. The deal values Banmedica's equity at US$2.8bn.

September 11, 2017

Interview: Teo Sarda, Sphera Global Health Care

Operating in 25 countries and across four continents, Sphera Global Health Care is building a global network of local expertise. Working mainly with insurers, the group acts as a middle man to assist access to international-standard medical services through local infrastructure – if it is not available. We speak to CEO Teo Sarda.

August 31, 2017

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