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Pihlajalinna launches more JVs after IPO

Pihlajalinna, the Finnish healthcare and social services outfit, which recently IPOed with a market capitalisation of €255m, has struck a third joint venture with Finnish municipalities to outsource health and social services. Finland is likely to open up even more to the private sector under the current government.
September 11, 2015

UK care industry in “serious position,” says Bupa CEO

The CEO of Bupa, Stuart Fletcher, spoke of his concern for the UK care industry, after the latest half-year results revealed a 10% fall in UK profits. Sales rose 7% to £4,916m, at constant exchange rates, or 3% taken at actual exchange rates. Underlying profit before taxation hit £253.3m, an increase of 2% at constant exchange rates (CER), but a fall of 3% taken at actual exchange rates (AER).
August 7, 2015

Mid Europa swoops on Regina Maria

Mid Europa has beaten Acibadem to buy Regina Maria, the second largest Romanian healthcare group from Advent International. Mid Europa is a veteran investor in the healthcare services sector in East Europe having built Lux-Med in Poland into the largest national operator before selling it to Bupa. Can it repeat a similar trick in Romania? We talk to Mid Europa boss Matthew Strassberg.
August 5, 2015

Opportunities in Croatia

Where are the opportunities for private healthcare in Croatia? We profile the sector and talk to Jasna Omeragic Resic, vice president of strategy and business development, at the largest imaging service operator in Central and Eastern Europe, affidea.
August 4, 2015

China’s Phoenix Healthcare taps into the corporate market

Phoenix Healthcare Group, which claims to be the largest private Chinese mainland hospital operator, has paid HK$180m ($23m)for 20% of UMP Healthcare Holdings, a Hong Kong-based outpatient operator. The two plan a joint venture in the outpatient sector, targeting corporate and individual clients in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, an area around Beijing with a population of […]
July 24, 2015

Indian IPO flood

At least six Indian hospital groups are planning to IPO within the next year. No one wants to jump first, but eventual valuations are likely to be strong, despite a fall in optimism surrounding healthcare stocks.
July 22, 2015

New hospital heralds launch of PMI in Hungary

A big new outpatient centre has just opened in Hungary  with the promise of “the first private medical insurance policy for Hungarians at cut price rates. A 150 bed hospital will follow shortly. Joseph Priel, the president of Euromedic International, the largest Hungarian medtech distributor,is behind the new 3,500 square metre clinic, boasting two operating […]
July 21, 2015

Antin buys amedes as doctors walk

Antin Infrastructure Partners has bought General Atlantic’s majority stake in amedes, the big German lab and gynaecology specialist. This is not just Antin’s first healthcare service investment, but also its first investment in a people business. It could be a steep learning curve – we hear that many doctors are quitting amedes. We talk to amedes about future plans and the consolidation of the German outpatient sector.
July 13, 2015

Interview: Stefan Larsson, Senior Partner, BCG

Worldwide, Stefan Larsson foresees a strong move in healthcare away from fee for service, in which quality is not measured and rewarded, to a system which measures and rewards outcomes. He thinks that model will apply across acute, elderly and chronic care. But how real is the shift? Here we talk to Larsson about examples of operators who have seen significant growth and about how payors are about to shift away from DRGs. He is a Co-founder of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), a not-for-profit devoted to the development of global standards for measurement of health outcomes that matter to patients.
July 8, 2015
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