The M&A market has roared out of Covid in the first quarter according to the HBI Panel Discussion. Are multiples likely to drop and what is investor appetite?
GHP, a listed provider of specialist clinics in Scandinavia and hospitals in the Middle East, increased revenue and EBITDA in 2020 despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic. HBI talks to CEO Daniel Ohman to find out how.
Centene has become the UK's largest provider (by people covered) of primary care after its subsidiary Operose Health acquired a group of 37 GP practices in London.
A quarter of Swedish regions, home to more than a quarter of all Swedes, have signalled that they will stop paying millions of euros to the country's for-profit telehealth suppliers like Kry.
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.
HBI understands that Malaysian/Indonesian hospital group Ramsay Sime Darby has appointed banks for a $300m IPO. One side of the JV says that expansion in healthcare is a key strategic focus, the other appears notably quiet about its investment in Asia. FY2020 saw profits drop for "the first time in many years" as COVID struck.
A handful of medical tourism hubs are starting to organise 'vaccine tours' in a bid to replace lost revenue, HBI hears. The idea is to fly the wealthy to somewhere they can get a COVID-19 jab.
French digital health unicorn Doctolib has its sights set on the Italian market as it looks to build a commercial team this month. The government finally lifted restrictions on telemedicine in December.
The IFC said at HBI 2020 that medical tourism in emerging markets is unlikely to normalise until the end of 2021. Providers say they are already doubling and tripling plans to build in domestic markets, rather than bringing patients to tourism hubs.
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