Saving Healthscope won’t cure our sick private health system
Most of Healthscope’s hospitals will be picked off by new buyers but without at least an eye to the bigger picture, other private hospitals could end up in the sick bay.
Tino La Spina, the chief executive of collapsed private hospital operator Healthscope, says the group has three problems.
It’s carrying too much debt.
Its rents are out of whack with market rates.
The amount private health insurers pay to private hospitals is too low given how costs are surging across the health system.
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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com
