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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

San Donato keeps it in the family

What will happen to San Donato, Italy’s largest hospital chain, following the death of Professor Giuseppe Rotelli? The founder and architect of the group died aged 68 in the Summer of this year. The business is still entirely owned by the Rotelli family.
October 29, 2013

Italian procurement remains divided

New, more efficient ways of healthcare procurement are being resisted by the fractious regional politics of Italy. There is still a highly fragmented system for procurement, despite growing pressure on the healthcare budget. We speak with Gabriella Racca of the University of Turin to find out more.
July 9, 2013

Report: Italian reforms and cuts – An overview

The new Italian Minister of Health, Beatrice Lorenzin, seems ready to end the Italian health system in its current form. As she said to parliamentary panel this month: “The time of ‘everything for everyone’ is over.” Further cuts are scheduled across the system, while patient co-payments are pushing more customers into the private sector. We talk to observers and players in Italy to find out about the expanding role of co-insurance, and where the opportunities are now.
June 21, 2013

Interview: Dimitris Moulavasilis, Chief Executive, Euromedic

How are players dependent on a shrinking public purse in South and East Europe reacting? Who better to ask than Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO of Euromedic? The company offers imaging, labs and oncology services in 15 countries, from Ireland and Portugal in the West to Russia and Turkey in the East.
April 15, 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

Fraud police target private sector in Lombardy

In Italy, a corruption scandal in the region of Lombardy has exploded into the private healthcare sector. The Guardia di Finanza - the Ministry of Finance’s branch of the police force - is investigating staff and offices in private clinics in Varese, while in Milan regional director of healthcare services Carlo Lucchina has had his offices raided. Indictments handed down by the Italian courts have hit the heads of local Aziende Sanitari Locali (ASLs), the local-level purchasers of healthcare services, as well as clinic directors and politicians.
January 4, 2013

Tosinvest’s San Raffaele to close

Italian clinic and rehabilitation chain San Raffaele, owned by holding company Tosinvest, has said that it will close on 30 December 2012. Employees for the chain have already been working for no pay since the beginning of November. Now the region of Lazio has further put off any decision about whether it will give the company enough money to cover owed wages.
December 17, 2012
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