Public Private Collaboration in Health Care Provision Montenegro Workshop September 2007 Matthias Loening.

Public Private Collaboration Public Private Collaboration in Health Care Provisionin Health Care Provision

Montenegro Workshop Montenegro Workshop September 2007September 2007

Matthias LoeningMatthias Loening

Overview Overview

Public-Private Partnerships - Options

Case Studies

– Inpatient Laboratory Services Outpatient Dialysis Services

– Radiology Services

– Independent Sector Treatment Centres

– Radiotherapy

– Private Wing - Maternity Services

Summary

Contact

Hospital Management

Hospital Management

Specialized Clinical Services

Specialized Clinical Services

Clinical Support Services

Clinical Support Services

Non-clinical Services

Non-clinical Services

• Detailed designs

• Building construction

• Medical equipment

• Capital financing

• Lab analysis

• Diagnostic tests

• Medical equipment maintenance

• Management of entire hospital or network of hospitals and/or clinics

• Hemodialysis

• Radiotherapy

• Day surgery

• Other

specialist

services

• IT equipment & services

• Maintenance

• Food

• Laundry

• Cleaning

• Billing

Design & Construction

Design & Construction

PPPs can be applied to a wide range of services

Public-Private PartnershipsPublic-Private PartnershipsOptionsOptions

Selected Case Studies

Inpatient Laboratory ServicesInpatient Laboratory Services

Colentina Hospital• A 1,000-bed general public hospital• Approx. 40,000 inpatients and 600,000 in-house lab

tests year Transaction Structure

• Hospital tendered for a private operator to take over, centralize, renovate, equip and operate all laboratory services for the hospital

• Operator would be reimbursed according to a specified fee schedule

Tender

• Bidders were required to meet specified prequalification criteria evidencing lab experience

• Winning bidder selected on the basis of proposed largest price discount to fee schedule

• Costs for hospital for lab tests have been reduced by 60%

Outpatient Dialysis ServicesOutpatient Dialysis Services

Dialysis Services

• IP and OP dialysis services are provided in approx. 40 public hospitals

• Dialysis supplies are purchased by the NHIF and equipment is purchased by the Ministry (if funds available) and allocated to the hospitals

• Backlog of patients and facilities in need of upgrading and expansion

Transaction Structure

• NHIF tendered for experienced private dialysis operators to take over and upgrade dialysis centers in 8 different public hospitals across Romania

• Operator to assume full responsibility service provisioning

Tender

• NHIF conducted simultaneous tender for 8 dialysis centers

• Winning bidders selected on basis of highest investment commitments

• Total investment commitments amounting to over $16m

Inpatient Radiology ServicesInpatient Radiology Services

Colentina Hospital

• A 1,000-bed general public hospital

• Lack of suitable imaging/radiology equipment (no MRI and one CT machine in need of repairs)

• No capital funding available to buy or repair radiology equipment

Transaction Structure

• Hospital tendered for a private operator to install and operate full range of radiology/imaging equipment for Colentina’s inpatients

Tender

• Hospital conducted a public tender to select the Operator

• All bidders bid on identical contract specifications and requirements

• Winner selected on the basis of bidder who bid the largest discount to a specified fee schedule. Winning bidder proposed a 35% discount to fee schedule

Radiotherapy ServicesRadiotherapy ServicesMalopolska Voivodship (Province)

• The province wished to locate a new radiotherapy clinic at St. Lukasz Hospital to provide radiotherapy to cancer patients of the Tarnow area.

• The proposed PPP did not go forward, however the transaction model is illustrative of the same model that IFC is attempting to replicate in other countries.

Transaction Structure

• A PPP contract for design, construction, financing, equipping and operation of the Radiotherapy Clinic.

• The expected capital expenditure for the project was $5m-$10m.

Tender

• The tender could be based upon least subsidy (per treatment) with a minimum volume level contracted.

• The operator may be allowed to provide services to private patients.

Facilities Management

ProviderBuilder

Equity Providers

ProjectCompany

RadiotherapyClinic

Banks/BondInvestors

Support Service

Provider (s)

Payment Payment

SupportServices

Construction

Funds

Dividends

Equity Funding

Repayment

Payment

PPP Contract Facilities & Non-Clinical Services

Payment

Facilities Maintenance Services

Hospital

Patients

Patients

Radiotherapy ServicesRadiotherapy Services

Independent Sector Treatment CentresIndependent Sector Treatment Centres

Independent Sector Treatment Centres

• The ISTC’s are projected to deliver care for 250,000 patients each year

• Part of the drive to decrease waiting times for elective surgeries, offer patients greater choice, allow for much needed capital investment and alleviate staffing and management bottlenecks

Transaction Structure

– NHS tendered for specified outpatient (volume) contracts with initial contracts for 5 years

– NHS patients will be treated free, paid by the NHS

Tender

• Initially 7 private health care providers received 19 tender awards in the fall of 2003 • Wave 2 currently in process for additional 250,000 patients per year

Private Wing – Maternity ServicesPrivate Wing – Maternity Services

Polizu Hospital

• The public hospital had spare capacity and needed additional funding for current operations.

Transaction Structure

• 25 year concession of OB-GYN services in a public hospital that includes: an outpatient clinic; medical diagnostic and imaging center; ambulatory surgery clinic; laboratory; and inpatient facility.

• The private operator would be responsible for renovating and equipping the facility.

• The private wing is completely separate from the public hospital with full market and financial risk taken by the private operator.

Tender

• Bid price based upon annual lease payment to the public hospital.

Public-private partnerships can allow for

– Increased access

– Lower costs

– Improved quality of the facilities and services

PPP’s can take many forms, each with a different degree of private sector responsibility and risk

However, there is a general trend within all of these case studies and the message is clear

SummarySummary

Buy Services Not Equipment !

Contact:

Matthias Loening

Senior Health Advisor

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Email: [email protected]