This week on The Fin, Health editor Michael Smith on the battle to save Healthscope, the war between insurers and hospitals and whether private equity is messing up the healthcare system.
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Tensions build between David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital and Healthscope
When the hospitals group ran out of money to pay its rent this year, its landlord responded with a bid to buy the company.
Hedge fund interest in Healthscope triggers break-up concerns
The country’s second-largest private hospital operator is negotiating with lenders to stave off insolvency in the middle of a federal election campaign.
Di Pilla spruiks Healthscope bid, says he’ll keep hospitals running
The veteran dealmaker’s HMC Capital has been eyeing the country’s second-largest operator of private hospitals, and says his proposal is “a serious one”.
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