09.24.2013

Romania’s private health insurance market is growing quickly, but service healthcare providers estimate most of their business will still come from corporate subscribers in the coming years. more

09.23.2013

Romania’s healthcare system needs more investments and increased efficiency, Pascal Prigent, general manager of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Romania, said Monday. more

09.04.2013

The main private clinic and hospital operators in Romania, namely, MedLife, Regina Maria, Sanador and Medicover, reported up to 20% higher turnover in the first half of the year. more

07.23.2013

The 50 largest private medical service providers reported cumulated turnover of over EUR420 million in 2012, up 13% from 2011, according to a ZF analysis based on Trade Registry data. more

06.05.2013

The market of private medical services is valued at EUR600 million, with over 50% of this value being subsidized by the state, said Mihai Marcu, president of MedLife, at ZF’s business show on more

05.07.2013

The major private medical service providers expect business to be better this year and see growth of up to 20%, Ziarul Financiar has found by looking at the data companies made public. more

01.15.2013

With state-run hospitals losing patients, doctors and nurses to the private sector, the health minister has decided to suspend state financing to the private sector. But in the absence of competition, more

12.25.2012

For the healthcare sector, 2012 is the year with two law drafts subjected to public debate without any of them being implemented. It was also the year with five different health ministers. At the same more

11.29.2012

Medical service provider Romar, held by the Hagicalil family and investment fund RC2, is in talks with a foreign partner to open a 40 to 50-bed hospital in Bucharest. more

11.26.2012

Romania’s Health Ministry has identified several strategic hospitals and will focus on developing them in the next few years, Health Minister Raed Arafat said Monday. more

11.01.2012

The private healthcare service sector attracted more than EUR100 million investments in the first nine months, reveals a ZF analysis based on data provided by companies in the industry. The biggest more

10.24.2012

Romania should widen the contribution base and increase contribution rates in the healthcare sector, and even increase VAT rates and the flat tax to ensure the sustainability of the public healthcare more

10.12.2012

The market of private medical services will grow at a lower rate in the coming period than in previous years and the first talks have emerged about the industry getting crowded. more

09.26.2012

State-run hospitals, which spend the bulk of the funds from the Health Insurance House, are starting to feel the pressure from private hospitals, but since they have little room for maneuver, managers more

09.25.2012

Romania’s private healthcare services got cheaper while the number of clients increased over fierce competition in this sector, Fady Chreih, chief executive of medical services provider Regina more

09.25.2012

Drug producers and healthcare investors say the Romanian health system would not necessarily need a fundamental reform, but the current minister says he will continue to try to break the monopoly of more

09.25.2012

Romania’s private medical services market has growth potential and investments in new hospitals will continue, Bogdan Pana, manager of private healthcare provider Medicover, said Tuesday. more

09.24.2012

Romania is visited annually by around 100,000 foreigners seeking healthcare services, three times fewer than before 1989, said Nicu Radulescu, head of the employers’ organization in the spa tourism more

08.23.2012

Romania's Government has approved a new formula for the clawback tax, which will be reduced by 10% and charged starting on October 1, as well as a mechanism to adjust the healthcare system's arrears more

08.20.2012

Launching for debate the new healthcare bill has left insurance companies in the dark again, as they are faced with the same difficulties, said Theodor Alexandrescu, general manager of insurance more

08.20.2012

The private healthcare services, one of the most dynamic economic sectors over the past years, expect the implementation of the new health law which should trigger an annual 20% growth pace. Thus, more

08.20.2012

Investors, old and new, have announced plans to invest over EUR150 million in private clinics and hospitals in Romania, some of which should be completed this year and others in 2013 or later, more

08.09.2012

Charging healthcare contributions as a share of the national average wage for employees earning less will encourage illicit labor, layoffs and restrict the hiring of young graduates, especially in the more

07.13.2012

The basic package under Romania's new healthcare law will no longer cover minor illnesses, but mainly major risks and serious disease, and the system will receive extra funding from mandatory car more

07.09.2012

Health Ministry state secretary Alexandru Rafila said Monday, in a press conference, that Romania will probably reach the target of 6% of the GDP for healthcare in the next four years. more