The Ribera health group has signed this morning the acquisition of the entire shareholding of the Hospital de Molina, a leading private center in the town of Molina de Segura in the Region of Murcia and which covers an area of influence of 140.000 citizens.
This is Ribera's first project in the Region of Murcia, although the group already manages two university hospitals in the nearby province of Alicante -Vinalopó and Torrevieja- and more than 40 health centers and Primary Care clinics.
This operation responds to the commitment of Ribera and its shareholders to continue growing in Spain and Europe. In this way, the group continues its expansion and development in the health sector with its responsible health model.
"We are very proud to enter Murcian healthcare, to be able to add our knowledge and experience to the good work carried out by the professionals at Hospital de Molina so far, who have made this center a benchmark in its area of influence", says Elisa Tarazona. , CEO of the Ribera group.
"We believe in excellent and sustainable healthcare, which allows us to face global healthcare challenges, and which have worsened with the pandemic," adds Tarazona.
For his part, the Manager of the Molina Hospital, Pedro Hernández, highlighted the integration of the hospital into the Ribera Group as "an opportunity to consolidate the project as a benchmark hospital in the Region of Murcia, as well as to continue advancing in care quality , humanization and sustainability, generating synergies through the Ribera Salud hospital group, leader in healthcare in our country”.
About Molina Hospital
The Molina Hospital, located in the Murcian town of Molina de Segura, is a benchmark for private healthcare in the region. Inaugurated in the year 2000, it has nearly 200 professionals, 100 beds, 23 external consultations, six operating rooms and three emergency rooms.
About Ribera group
Ribera is a business group that provides public and private health services, which since 1997 has been working for the health and well-being of the population. Its main shareholder with 90% is the Centene Corporation group, one of the main US insurers, included in the Fortune 50 list, which has more than 30 years of experience in collaboration with state governments in the United States, mainly developing Medicare programs. and Medicaid. The Spanish banking group Banco Sabadell is the other shareholder with 10%. In Spain, Ribera is present in 5 autonomous communities, manages 10 hospitals, 3 of them university, and 62 health centers, as well as other projects in Europe and Latin America. For more than 20 years, it has developed a public-private collaboration model that is studied as a success story at major universities such as Berkeley and the Harvard Business School. The group also has a University School of Nursing and a Health Vocational Training Study Center, a Futurs technology division, a Ribera Lab Laboratory division, and a Ribera b2b purchasing center, among other projects. Its responsible health model based on the "5Ps": personalized, predictive, preventive, population-based and participatory medicine, responds to its commitment to society to continue providing value and innovative solutions that make it possible to face global health challenges, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
