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Russia debates ban on spending public funds on capex

Russia has put forward draft proposals that forbid private providers from spending compulsory insurance funds on capital expenditure, the acquisition of property and the repayment of loans. Operators say it will likely halt all investment in the sector.
March 29, 2021

Interview: Mark Chapman, International CEO, Life Healthcare

What are South African hospital group Life Healthcare's plans for its international division, mainly comprised of pan-European imaging operator Alliance Medical? In a long and wide-ranging discussion, Chapman talks about expansion in South Africa and one to two new countries, 'winners and losers' in the imaging AI market, tariff pressure across Europe and what the first new potential drug therapy for Alzheimer's in 18 years means for its PET-CT business.
March 24, 2021

Mehilainen targets Estonia for international expansion

Finnish outpatient and occupational healthcare specialist Mehilainen has made two acquisitions in Estonia. The company says strong expansion into Estonia is a natural next step in Mehilainen’s internationalisation strategy.
March 11, 2021

Interview: Dr Juan Abarca Cidon, president, HM Hospitales

We talk to Dr Abarca Cidon, part of the controlling family and current president of Spain's third-largest for-profit hospital group HM Hospitales with nearly €500m in sales. He talks strategy, Covid, and rumours of selling a stake in the company.
March 4, 2021

Italy’s recovery plan has €18bn for healthcare, the UK’s none

Italy's COVID-19 recovery plan contains €18bn for homecare, integrated health facilities and telemedicine that can be run by the private sector in a whole-scale reform of the country's healthcare system. Meanwhile, a new budget in the UK failed to allot any new funds for its overstretched health and social service. 
March 4, 2021

Bergman buys German cosmetic group

Netherlands-based ambulatory and ophthalmology clinic group Bergman Clinics, currently exploring a sale that could raise over €1bn, has acquired German aesthetic surgical treatments platform Medical One.
February 25, 2021

Hungary’s consolidators grow through COVID as ‘grey’ market formalises

Hungary's largest private acute care operators continued double-digit revenue growth of previous years in 2020 despite COVID-19, HBI can reveal. Recent analysis by analysts shows much of the sector's pre-pandemic growth may have been enhanced by capturing the 'grey' market of previously under-the-table private pay.
January 28, 2021

Muted electronic patient record rollout in Germany

Just 2% of publicly insured Germans have registered to see their electronic patient record (ePA) since access was made mandatory at the beginning of the year. Many either don't know it exists or are worried about data privacy, HBI hears. That settles some answers to the question of whether it's worthwhile giving patients access to their own data.
January 21, 2021
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