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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The managed care venture has made a strong start in Bengaluru. Will its disruptive model strike a chord nationwide?
If health insurance always felt like a gamble in India, that feeling only worsened in recent days with the tussle between insurers and major hospital chains. The biggest losers in the standoff have been policyholders left without insurance cover despite paying hefty premiums.
Now this is the kind of situation that Even Healthcare seems to have been built for. The Bengaluru-based healthcare startup offers customers insurance and healthcare services on the same platform, through a managed care model. Just like a monthly subscription for a streaming service, a customer can pay as little as Rs 400 a month and avail …
A public listing will help clean up the hospital chain’s balance sheet after the costly Sahyadri acquisition. But depressed metrics, integration risks and lofty valuations make this far from a clean turnaround story.
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors. For young professionals, the sector offers a spectrum of opportunities beyond medicine, spanning hospital operations, data analytics, corporate strategy, and digital health.
On the surface, Narayana Health’s latest acquisition holds promise. But a closer look suggests that the UK’s Practice Plus Group will need a bit of a turnaround before it can start yielding results.
