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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

Capio IPO gets off the ground

Shares in Capio rose by a modest 1% to SEK 49 after yesterday’s IPO, but have since fallen to SEK 48.70. Ultimately the Greek crisis did not disrupt the process, and with markets tumbling everywhere, Capio will be pleased with a stable share price. Political risk appears to be subsiding in Sweden, urging our sources to predict more deals in the future.
July 2, 2015

Capio’s IPO – test balloon or crash test dummy?

Capio, the Swedish, German and French hospital group, owned mainly by Apax and Nordic Capital, is to float 25-37.5% of its shares on the Swedish NASDAQ at a fixed price of SEK48.5. The multiple looks low. That reflects political uncertainty and low EBITDA margins. The IPO will be closely watched by other large Swedish private healthcare groups. Read on for our analysis.
June 11, 2015

20 Minutes Brand Building…: Presentation, Per Rehnberg, CEO, Colosseum Smile Group

Colosseum Smile Group CEO Per Rehnberg looks at how Colosseum, by far the largest Scandinavian dentist chain, is building its brand in terms of service quality, internal culture and marketing. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2015, Creating the New Healthcare Services Landscape. Click here to view the presentation
May 5, 2015

The re-shoring of dental tech

Dental tech work can be anywhere between 10% to 50% of a dentist’s sales, estimates Per Rehnberg, CEO of Colosseum Smile. For some time the trend throughout Europe has been to send this work to places like China or India where the prices are as much as four times lower. But the tides are changing; dental tech is coming back to Europe.
April 30, 2015

Stable growth for Capio, despite anti-private governments in Sweden and France

Capio, the Franco-German Swedish hospital group saw almost flat EBITDA and a 6.3% sales hike. Olof Bengtsson, CFO at Capio, explains the company has had to adapt to political uncertainty. As ever, the Capio report and accounts is well worth a read for its analysis of the different national markets and other insights.
April 17, 2015

Sweden and Finland divided on the roles and freedoms of private providers

As the privatisation debate goes on in Sweden, neighbour Finland appears more pragmatic about the benefits of the free market – albeit under certain conditions. Juhani Lehto, professor emeritus of social and health policy at the University of Tampere, says regulations are key to harnessing the power of private providers.
April 2, 2015

Miliband lobs 5% profit cap bombshell at private sector

Labour leader, Ed Miliband, the man most likely to be the next UK prime minister, has said that clinical service providers would face a 5% cap on profits on deals with the NHS. There is now a very strong probability that the UK, like Sweden, may end up with a leftist coalition, as the right fragments. We look at the implications.
March 30, 2015
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