Yesterday
Sonic Healthcare to buy German lab group for $700m
Pathology giant Sonic Healthcare is buying one of Germany’s top medical lab groups as it seeks to expand its market share in Europe.
- Michael Smith
Health insurers tricking members with secret premium rises: Labor
Health Minister Mark Butler says insurers are exploiting a loophole that allows them to charge hundreds more by replacing products with more expensive new ones.
- Michael Smith
- Exclusive
- Health insurance
Doctors say health insurers have too much control over home care
The AMA is warning that Australia is at risk of adopting “US-style managed care” where insurance companies call all the shots.
- Michael Smith
This Month
Mark Butler’s health problem with no fix
The health minister is in the middle of an almighty fight between private hospitals and the health insurers, and he’s facing a difficult decision in the lead up to the election.
- Michael Smith
- Exclusive
- Richard Branson
Why Branson’s ex right-hand man is investing in workplace health
David Baxby has invested in just about everything from airlines to gyms. Now for the first time, he is putting his money into healthcare.
- Michael Smith
‘Delay’, ‘depose’ inscribed in bullets in CEO murder
The inscriptions loosely echo the book title “Delay, Deny, Defend”, which describes tactics allegedly used by insurers to deny claims.
- Myles Miller, John Lauerman and Robert Langreth
- Updated
- Crime
CEO shot dead in New York in targeted attack received ‘threats’
UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson was killed outside a New York City hotel by a gunman who appeared to have been waiting for him.
- Updated
- Michael Wilson, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Maria Cramer
- Opinion
- Business Person of the Year
‘Focused, consistent’: How milk bar kids built $30b Chemist Warehouse
Chemist Warehouse founders Mario Verrocchi and Jack and Sam Gance have been named joint Business Person of the Year, alongside AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda.
- Anthony Macdonald
Private hospitals split over industry’s demand for emergency funding
Two not-for-profit groups say they are opposed to calls from bigger players like Ramsay Health Care for more money, or the introduction of $200 visit fees.
- Michael Smith
- Exclusive
- Healthscope
Private hospitals want $200 per visit fee to head off funding crisis
Operators of major private health facilities say it is their only option if they aren’t handed $1.3 billion in emergency funding by the federal government
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Orthocell Limited
Perth’s billionaire set is piling into this little-known medtech
The value of West Australian nerve repair biotech Orthocell has doubled since September as it beefs up its shareholder bases and prepares to break into the US.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Hospitals
Independent hospital pricing an opportunity for genuine health reform
The reality is private hospitals need fairer agreements with health funds. Providers, insurers, and government need to start a conversation.
- Martin Bowles
- Opinion
- Health insurance
Treating health funds like cash cows will be a disaster for our health system
If we want a sustainable private system, the next federal government must focus on reforms that put consumers before vested interests, to keep health insurance affordable.
- Rachel David
Insurers warn of premium hikes after losing NSW bed rate battle
Private health insurers have caved to pressure from the Minns government to pay higher hospital bed rates following a protracted campaign.
- Michael Smith
November
Insurance chief Mark Fitzgibbon’s lessons from Ted Lasso
NIB’s veteran CEO talks about his battle with hospitals and politicians, and his realisation that a healthy life is finite.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rocket stock Pro Medicus redefines what’s possible
The medical software company is the sort of investment that makes you glad your job does not decide on picking whether it is a market winner or loser.
- Anthony Macdonald
Young people pile into private health insurance
A surge in young people taking up private health cover drove membership to a record high in the September quarter, despite a cost-of-living crisis.
- Michael Smith
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare misses market’s high earnings hopes
Investors were disappointed by the New Zealand group’s outlook despite a 43 per cent rise in net profits in the first six months of the financial year.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
New rules for spotting ASX tech stars point to these 15 stocks
The Rule of 40 is an old-school metric of tech success. But Goldman Sachs says that with a few tweaks, it can also improve returns for ASX investors.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Fast 100
The fast movers’ secret to beating their rivals
The best of the nation’s small companies love their customers and know them well.
- Victoria Thieberger
