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Prevention of mental health issues remains underfunded.

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David Di Pilla, managing director, HMC Capital, says the private hospital funding model is broken.

Game on! Healthscope’s Japanese lender sells debt; eyes on HMC Capital

Sources say SMBC’s slice of the loans has been bought by Deutsche Bank, which has traditionally worked for David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital.

Prevention of mental health issues remains underfunded.

The future of health

The inaugural Australian Financial Review Healthcare Summit, where pioneering minds and breakthrough treatments converge with critical policy decisions.

John Fawkner Hospital in Melbourne is one of the Healthscope-owned facilities that will charge Bupa customers more for procedures.

Hospitals to pressure Labor to link nurse pay hikes with premiums

Operators including Brookfield-owned Healthscope and ASX-listed Ramsay Health Care want the radical change and say facilities will close if they are not funded.

We’ll all be taking Ozempic-type drugs ‘like we do daily vitamins’

Doctors say they have not seen anything like this since the emergence of statins to lower cholesterol. But do we know enough about the long-term impact?

Health insurers warn of closures without 6pc premium hike

Health funds have asked Labor to allow big premium rises as the amount they charge policyholders is not keeping pace with healthcare inflation.

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Rachel David Private Healthcare Australia CEO at The Charles Restaurant, Sydney CBD.

The woman defending the industry everyone loves to hate

Private health insurers are being derided all around, but their chief lobbyist, Rachel David, insists they make our medical system the envy of the Americans and British.

Healthscope chief executive Greg Horan.

Brookfield’s Healthscope secures extension on $1.6b debt

The private hospital operator has been given more time from its lenders to secure extra funding from insurers as costs mount.

Melissa Benson joined Wilsons Advisory as a healthcare analyst in 2020 after a career in academic and clinical research.

Wilsons healthcare analyst jumps to Barrenjoey

Melissa Benson will work alongside Nick McGarrigle and Josh Kannourakis in the emerging companies team.

Shareholders have approved NIB Health Insurance CEO Mark Fitzgibbon’s pay increase, but hospitals want a bigger share of insurers’ profits.

Health insurer salaries in the spotlight as premiums climb

The salaries of Australia’s big health insurance bosses are rising with their profits.

Dr Nick Coatsworth has dismissed speculation he wants to be a Liberal MP.

GP referrals to be axed under proposed health shake-up

Patients could skip a visit to their GP when obtaining referrals to some specialists under the recommendations of Labor’s inquiry into the healthcare system.

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