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€40bn more? Don’t count on it!

Reforms proposed by German health minister Hermann Grohe would lead to an overspend of €40bn, according to experts. Whilst our contacts in the hospital sector fear the money won’t materialise, there is little doubt that the German private sector remains feather-bedded. Although the migrant influx is leading to headaches...
November 11, 2015

Report: Private Healthcare in Mexico – Hotting Up

Mexico boasts a large, innovative and vibrant private healthcare sector, which sits alongside a developing, but somewhat chaotic public sector. We look at the major players in the private sector, as well as at new innovators seeking to cut the cost of treatment to reach the masses.
November 5, 2015

Report: Reforming healthcare – trends and trajectories

European countries are undergoing rapid and substantial demographic and technological changes. Yet, healthcare systems are still mainly state-funded and acute-focused, as they have been for the past 70 years. This is starting to change.
November 4, 2015

South African low-cost medical scheme founders

Plans for a low cost medical scheme for the 15m South Africans outside of the wealthiest 20% have foundered, thanks to resistance from doctors. A government White Paper which would improve access to primary care for poor South Africans through public providers is imminent.
October 30, 2015

South African operators fret over amendment to Regulation 8

A draft law has been circulated that could fundamentally alter how South African healthcare operators are paid for their services. The new law would shift payment for so called prescribed minimum benefit conditions (PMBs), which must be covered by private health insurers, from an open-ended guarantee to a predetermined tariff structure.
October 9, 2015

Bahamas’ government plans national roll out of Babylon app

The Bahamas government is considering incorporating a bespoke version of the tele-health application, Babylon, in its national health insurance (NHI) service. James Cercone, president of Sanigest Internacional, a consultancy firm which is supporting the project, says the app could form an “essential part of expanding access to quality healthcare services especially to people in rural and island settings.”
August 21, 2015
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