A company with dozens of diagnostic imaging centres in Queensland has been taken to court by the Medicare watchdog over alleged “inappropriate practice”.
Australian Clinical Labs has lobbed a $1.2 billion takeover for Healius as the pathology sector adjusts to life post-COVID.
The boss of the pathology operator says PCR tests will become even more critical as borders reopen and new drugs for COVID hit the market.
The $3 billion listed pathology operator is preparing for a scenario where both NSW and Victoria continue to see rising COVID infection numbers.
The healthcare company is weighing up its second takeover bid in just over a year,this time by Swiss private equity firm Partners Group.
The boss of medical services group Healius says a takeover bid by a Chinese firm that raised concerns in Canberra did not progress far enough for management to consider the issue.
The company formerly known as Primary Health Care cut its outlook after a benign winter flu season and a pay dispute in its pathology arn hurt its results.
The peak body for general practitioners has warned that any takeover must not compromise patient care.
One of Australia's biggest owners of GP clinics and pathology centres,Healius,has received a $2 billion takeover bid from China's Jangho Group.
Primary Health shares bounced strongly from a multi-year low after the company stuck to its earnings forecast despite a slow start to the financial year and a recent flurry of pay issues with its workforce.
Primary Health Care will grant pay rises of up to 20 per cent to 600 workers in its Victorian pathology division following a Fair Work Commission decision.