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Germany to introduce pay-for-performance

Germany is to substitute part of the DRG payment model, which reimburses providers based on activity and risk, by a quality-based system for elective surgery. The new reimbursement system means insurers will be able to reward providers that show evidence of good quality care.
November 19, 2015

“Beyond the pill” pharma fails to convince

Big pharma is trying and failing to engage with patients and has no idea how to build service models. Previous attempts to create websites that directly engage with consumers have flopped. The appallingly-named “patient-centricity” sessions at the FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference suggest pharma is still trying in vain.
November 19, 2015

Gimv invests €12.5m to expand Equipe Zorgbedrijven

Private equity house Gimv has bought a minority stake in Equipe Zorgbedrijven, a Dutch outpatient clinic chain. Gimv, which has also invested in French hospital chain Almaviva Santé, will be running the expansion alongside CEO Jak Dekker and two of the founding surgeons. We talk to Gimv's healthcare specialist Elderd Land.
November 10, 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

France dents Capio organic growth

Pan-European hospital group Capio reckons that productivity gains from shorter hospital stays should enable it to achieve 4% organic sales growth across its operations in Sweden, Norway, Germany and France. But tariff cuts in France and a nasty bout of flu in Germany meant it only hit 2.3% for the third quarter and 2.9% for the first nine months. Capio IPOed in June 2015. Its shares fell SEK1.25 to 53SEK on the news but still trade above the SEK48.5 IPO price.
November 4, 2015

Lux Med targets tier two cities

Bupa-owned Polish provider Lux Med has bought Euro-Clinic, expanding its imaging diagnostic services to Cracow with its 23rd acquisition in eight years. However, the group has its eyes set on acute. It is currently building the largest private hospital in Poland. We talk to Anna Rulkiewicz, Lux Med's president.
November 4, 2015

MedicallHome expands to Philippines

Medicall Home targets the Mexican lower-middle class with a cheap, $5 monthly fee per family. Subscribers get access to 24/7 telephonic assistance and up to 70% discounts in the company's network of affiliates. We talk to Jorge Woolf, CEO of the Salud Interactiva group, about the business model, the Mexican market and expansion across Latin America, the Philippines and the US.
November 4, 2015
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