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German healthcare tourism streaks ahead

Germany treated 224,000 foreign patients in 2012. But how many flew to Germany for treatment, as opposed to being sick holiday-makers? How do the numbers compare to the UK and other European countries? And how many are treated in the private sector? One thing is sure: Russia is Germany’s largest market today.
January 28, 2014

Report: Healthcare procurement – low status, fragmented, impotent. So what is the solution?

We report from Healthcare Procurement Europe, the first pan-European forum to bring together procurement professionals, suppliers and policymakers to look at how procurement in Europe could be improved. This one-day event, held in November 2013 in London and sponsored by AT Kearney and Mesa Medical, consisted of a series of presentations followed by workshops.
December 6, 2013

3i buys into discount gym sector

3i has invested €110m in Basic-Fit, which runs 200 discount gyms aross Benelux, Spain and France. The group is part of a new generation of gyms, which are one-third to half the price of the traditional players.
December 6, 2013

What is the state of play with Amedes?

General Atlantic has instructed Goldman Sachs to consider options for big German/Belgian lab group Amedes. A simple sale, however, may not be on the cards. In fact, we hear that Amedes is still looking to make acquisitions itself.
December 6, 2013

Korian/Medica merger to create new care giant

Europe's - and, by some measures, the world’s - largest nursing home group, with pro-forma 2012 sales of €2.2bn, 57,000 beds and 600 units, has been formed by the planned merger of French giants Medica and Korian. What are the real synergies between the companies, and what will be the merged group’s strategy? We take a look, while Korian CEO Yann Coleou, who will be the CEO of the merged group, is speaking at the annual Healthcare Europa conference on March 13, 2014.
November 18, 2013

Sana set to win Offenbach

Sana has pipped Helios: it is now favoured to win the contract to functionally privatise Offenbach Hospital. We look at the terms, and whether there will be more privatisation in Germany and its neighbours.
April 29, 2013

Patient records recruit B2C

The former Innovation Director at Belgium’s National Union of Health Insurance Funds, chronic disease management guru Jan van Emelen is trying to make patient records work better. Like Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli of the UK’s Patients Know Best, van Emelen is creating records that are owned and controlled by patients, rather than clinicians - but, unlike his peer in the UK, van Emelen is recruiting on a business-to-consumer (B2C) basis with funding from big pharma. With 17,000 patients already enrolled, will his different approach pay off?
April 9, 2013

Healthcare Reform – Opportunity or Threat? Presentation, Nicolaus Henke, Global Leader of the Healthcare Systems and Services Practice, McKinsey

Nicolaus has unrivaled access to, and experience of, European payors. He examines the reform trajectory and likely budget growth in different European countries and considers what impact this will have for private hospitals, outsourcers and specialist service providers. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2013, New Models for Challenging Times.
March 15, 2013

Orpea targets Belgium

Belgian newspapers say that French nursing home group Orpea is close to buying one of the top three nursing home groups in Belgium.
January 14, 2013
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