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Interview: Catalina Hoffmann, founder, Vitalia

It is rare to come across a totally new concept in elderly care. Yet that is what Catalina Hoffmann, a young woman of 26, came up with when she founded Vitalia in Spain in 2004. A chain of franchised daycentres, it delivers training and treatment to elderly people through the Hoffmann Method, patented programmes targeted at conditions such as stroke recovery, rheumatism, Parkinsons and even Alzheimers. Most patients pay privately to attend. We talk to Hoffmann who is about to launch in Brazil and Mexico. Her next target is Florida.
May 27, 2014

Praktikertjanst launches new website to prove quality

Big Swedish dentistry and primary care group Praktikertjanst has recently launched a new healthcare website, www.godpraktik.se, aimed at demonstrating quality with anecdotal stories about its care. Expect it to launch a range of comprehensive statistics to prove care quality soon.
May 15, 2014

Praktikertjanst hit by new tax laws

Sweden’s largest primary care and dentist firm is likely to be hard hit by new tax laws, which means that its member doctors and dentists will see their tax burden more or less double. That could lead to another takeover bid or defections. Sales grew 4.7% to SEK9.7bn (€1bn) in 2013.
May 14, 2014

FREE BLOG So who is buying what in Africa?

Recent weeks have seen renewed interest in old mature markets. Companies like Life Healthcare of South Africa and Australian player Ramsay Healthcare have bought in Europe. So who is buying in Africa and what assets have they picked up? The big buyer has been Abraaj Capital, the Dubai private equity house, which sold its stake in Acibadem, the upmarket Turkish chain to IHH in 2013. So what has it bought? In total, it has now made six investments.
May 14, 2014

Hopes for occupational healthcare fade in Poland

Hopes that the corporate subscription healthcare model in Poland could quadruple to €8bn have faded. Our sources say that an awkward silence suggests that we won't see action before 2015 elections.
May 1, 2014

Fresenius set to scoop up European lab group

Dialysis group Fresenius MC is starting due diligence to buy a large European lab group, say two sources. The move would enable Fresenius to build a new leg alongside its dialysis business, which faltered in 2013.
April 23, 2014

Interview: Kustaa Piha, CEO and Founder, Med Group

Kustaa, 35, founded Med Group in 2008 and claims it is now Finland’s largest player in ambulances and homecare. EBITDA came to ¢4.5m on sales of €39m in 2013 and sales should rise 28% to €50m in 2014. He explains the focus behind a company which has everything from ambulances to homecare and from dentistry to primary care, outlines Med Group’s new homecare concept and talks about how reform is likely to open up the Finnish market.
April 15, 2014

Five super-regions promise radical reform for Finland

The Finnish government, a coalition between the centre right and the social democrats, is proposing that all publicly paid for healthcare and care services should be procured by five new super regions. They would take over purchasing these services from the 320 municipalities who handle elderly and primary care and the 20 hospital regions who run acute care. But will the new regions actually take over the public nursing homes and hospitals or merely procurement of services? The move is seen as a potential bonanza for the private sector. Is this correct? We talk to Prof. Juhani Lehto about the odds on change.
April 14, 2014
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