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What lies ahead for Ribera Salud after the end of Alzira? 

Spanish healthcare PPP group Ribera Salud is likely to lose all its public contracts in Valencia, as the left-winged regional government ends all outsourcing to private providers. Healthcare Europa asks the company and well-placed sources in the region what the future holds for a business set to lose a significant source of profit.

New dentistry group plans Spanish expansion

The newly formed dental and aesthetic medicine group Vivanta, already the third largest dental provider in Spain by revenue, has further plans for expansion. CEO Juan Olave talks to Healthcare Europa about the group's strategy.

Interview: Dr Bruno Gridelli, Senior Vice President, UPMC International

How do you build an international business delivering high-quality specialist care working with governments, public payors, regions and for-profit operators? UPMC, the big US academic medical centre, has done just this in four very different countries: Italy, Ireland, Kazakhstan and China. We talk to Dr Gridelli about the business model and challenges.

IVF/lab group sells stake to Oaktree; buys in Italy, Spain and Switzerland

NL Holding has sold a 30% stake to Oaktree Capital, while simultaneously acquiring fertility providers and specialised diagnostic laboratories in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. This coincides with Oaktree offloading its pan-European dentistry platform. We take a more detailed look at what NL has bought. 

Ribera Salud appoints ex-UK healthcare minister Alan Milburn

Ribera Salud, the Spanish hospital management company which is majority owned by US giant Centene Corporation has appointed Alan Milburn, a former Labour Minister of Health to its board. What does this tell us about its plans for the UK? 

Are you ready for GDPR?

The clock is ticking for businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25. Healthcare Europa talks to Aetna International's CIO Alan Payne to find out what the data handling regulations mean for healthcare insurers and operators, and the challenges on the path to compliance.

Interview: Dr Rajgopal Thirumalai, Vice President, Global Medical & Occupational Health, Unilever

Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000  employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.

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