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Sanitas doubles rehabilitation centres in Spain

Spanish hospital group Sanitas Hospitales (a subsidiary of Bupa-owned insurance firm Sanitas) is launching seven new rehabilitation centres in Spain. The new Advanced Rehabilitation Centers will be opened mainly in Madrid. Alongside eight remaining centres located in Madrid, Valencia and Zaragoza, Sanitas will own 15 monographic rehabilitation centres in Spain. Sanitas CEO Inaki Peralta announced […]
February 3, 2022

$3bn Amil for sale in Brazil

UnitedHealthcare owned Amil is for sale in Brazil. Reports in Brazil say the $3bn plus valued insurance and hospital businesses run by Amil are likely to be split and sold to at least two separate buyers. HBI speaks to a Brazilian source to find out more.
January 20, 2022

Intermedica and Hapvida’s get green light for merger

Two giants of Brazilian healthcare, listed HMOs Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA and Grupo Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes (GNDI), have received approval to merge from the country's antitrust authority CADE. The merger will create the country's biggest provider of health insurance policies, with around a 20% share of the for-profit market by number of users, and a 10% share of revenue.
January 13, 2022

Greek consolidation ramps up ahead of Ethniki decision

The Greek health care services sector continues to consolidate as rivals face up to near certainty that CVC, which owns the largest hospital group in Greece, Hellenic Healthcare Group, will finally get the green flag for its acquisition of Ethniki Insurance. That would create a dominant payor/provider. So how does that affect number two hospital player Athens Medical and Bioatriki, the largest lab network?
January 13, 2022

Polarising politician becomes German Federal Minister of Health

Germany has a new government - and a new Federal Minister of Health in Karl Lauterbach. HBI talks to two Germany-based sources who agree he is a politician embraced more by the public than his own party, and considers what his appointment might mean for the sector.
December 16, 2021

$7bn Indian insurance IPO fails to cover book

Indian private health insurer Star Health has seen just short of four-fifths of its IPO offer subscribed in the past three days of book building. However, local press reports that the listing will still go through thanks to a downsized secondary offer.
December 2, 2021

HBI 2021: Korian CEO ‘doesn’t want to take company global’

Sophie Boissard, the CEO of pan-European elderly care group Korian, does not want to take the group into a multiplicity of markets, she told delegates at HBI 2021. The stance is in contrast to Bupa and Helios, who are building asset-light digital touchpoints to reach more global customers. 
September 30, 2021

Spain’s Alzira costs double after Ribera ejected

Spain may regret dismantling its pioneering Alzira model. HBI hears that costs have nearly tripled since it booted Ribera Salud out of the Valencian project. A similar fate might await Torrevieja, which expires next month.
September 30, 2021
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