We develop medical and health centers from the inside out. This guarantees success: The needs and requirements of users are the starting point for planning and implementation. This class of real estate cannot be created without considering the specific needs, i.e. the ways in which the medical center or health center is going to be used. A project is successful when a specialist property is planned and turned into reality for specific healthcare providers. This calls for a deep understanding of the specific needs of the healthcare sector as well as precise planning and implementation to ensure optimum delivery and patient care. THE GROUP offers comprehensive services for the development of modern, functional, future-proof medical and healthcare centers.

Needs analysis

The first step is to analyze the regional situation. By gathering the necessary information, our experts identify the needs and opportunities and identify or initiate the mainstays of the development under consideration. In so doing, they take into account medical needs as well as demographic and economic factors in order to develop a tailor-made concept. The specific tenants and those service providers that still need to be recruited are identified as part of this needs analysis.

Concept development

Using the analysis, our experts create tailor-made concepts for your medical or health center. This includes planning, costing, investment design and putting the foundations in place to enable the project to get underway.

Project implementation

Once the project enters the implementation stage, our contacts will hand the project over to a suitable investor or do what is necessary to ensure implementation of the specialist facilities by property companies (SPVs) able to develop, build and run the buildings. This makes a variety of investment models possible!

The German healthcare system is undergoing a fundamental transformation process characterized by:

• Increasing demands on efficiency, quality and accessibility of care
• Changing legal framework
• Scarcity of financial resources in addition to the shortage of skilled workers

Clinics are faced with the challenge of having to adapt their structures and processes to meet these changes. In many cases, though, the fundamental question arises as to whether (and how) a clinic can keep going, and how the desired goals can be met. The maxim “Digital before outpatient before inpatient before rehabilitation” acts as a general strategic guide here, prioritizing the various care levels with the aim of making optimum use of existing resources and improving patient care. THE GROUP is standing by as an experienced partner to help you navigate this challenging transformation process and make your clinic fit for the future.

“Digital before outpatient before inpatient before rehabilitation”

Comprehensive realignment of healthcare is urgently needed. There are many reasons for this:

• New technologies developing rapidly
• Society ageing quickly
• Increasing scarcity of human and financial resources
• Growing need for financial resources
• Changing needs of people

The political maxim “Digital before outpatient before inpatient before rehabilitation” is intended to ensure this realignment happens strategically and effectively.

“Digital before outpatient”

Prioritizing digital solutions such as telemedicine, electronic patient records and AI-assisted diagnostic tools is crucial to modernizing care processes. After all, digital technologies make care provision more efficient and more patient-friendly. We help clinics identify, integrate and implement these technologies in their day-to-day processes to make optimum use of the first stage of care provision, thereby driving the transformation process.

“Outpatient before inpatient”

Various studies, including those by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the Bertelsmann Foundation as well as the OECD report show that people should be – and want to be – treated as outpatients whenever possible. This reduces the burden on inpatient facilities. Sometimes it can be avoided altogether. Our experts at THE GROUP help develop care structures such as medical centers and health centers and optimize existing structures. This is because outpatient structures upstream of hospitals can help protect tomorrow’s hospitals from demands that could be better met elsewhere. In this way, the respective local players can relieve inpatient capacities and at the same time ensure high quality of treatment.

“Inpatient before rehabilitation”

Inpatient facilities will remain indispensable for complex or acute treatment cases for the time being, especially at night and at weekends. Our experts advise clinics on efficient provision of their resources and optimization of processes in order to boost patient satisfaction and minimize the length of stay – without compromising medical care.

“Rehabilitation – a fresh start”

Rehabilitation is required when acute treatments are not effective. Our experts at THE GROUP provide support in planning and integrating rehabilitation services into the care structure in order to promote sustainable recovery and ensure optimum patient care.

Are you facing far-reaching changes? We’ll be happy to help you navigate the challenges. Our experts will coordinate the first steps on your path to modernization and even implement a new project with you. Let’s connect in person, by phone or by video call. During the fundamental transformation process, we’re the ideal partner when it comes to supporting you in the restructuring or transformation of clinics. Our in-depth understanding of the healthcare markets and our experience in strategic realignment mean we can offer tailor-made solutions. We can help overcome the current challenges of transformation and get clinics ready for the future. Our support ranges from integration of digital technologies and optimization of outpatient and inpatient facilities to the planning of rehabilitative care. Our experts ensure clinics can adapt successfully to the changing requirements of the healthcare market.

The conversion of existing properties to healthcare facilities is an attractive opportunity when it comes to repurposing suitable buildings efficiently and sustainably. We assess the existing building, determine the requirements, calculate the costs and compile the business management essentials. Our interdisciplinary project teams will provide you with business, legal, planning, construction coordination and communication assistance. This way, THE GROUP ensures that existing properties are suitably converted to meet the requirements of modern healthcare while maximizing the economic and functional value of the property.

The healthcare sector is undergoing fast-moving change affecting both new and existing medical practices and medical care centers. Developing new concepts and optimizing existing structures are essential ingredients in meeting these requirements, and the goals are flexibility, efficiency and future-proofing. This is where THE GROUP’s experts provide comprehensive expertise. They help create and grow future-proof outpatient care facilities.

Standalone medical practices

Standalone medical practices, whether new or established, benefit from tailor-made, patient-led operating concepts that ensure efficient organization within the practices and high levels of patient loyalty. Our experts provide help in developing new practice concepts or optimizing existing structures – from practice planning to implementation of efficient processes. We’ll help you deploy digital solutions, reduce administrative costs and exploit synergies in the practice, putting you in an optimum position both medically and economically.

Joint practices and other cooperative groups

Joint practices have increasingly replaced the traditional standalone practice in outpatient medical care. We are currently witnessing oligopolization in medical care. Cooperative models are necessary to ensure the provision of care in future. The reasons for this are

• More complex diagnostic procedures in particular
• Salaried doctors are becoming the rule rather than the exception
• More and more professionals working part-time to meet family and work commitments

Medical care centers

Medical care centers, whether new or established, are an indispensable model for ensuring the provision of medical care in many regions. On request, THE GROUP will design the appropriate care model for the area, identify and motivate the necessary players to assume responsibility, and ensure that appropriate operating companies can be created.

A fit-for-purpose employer base consisting of healthcare provision businesses is the bedrock of an efficient healthcare infrastructure. This requires people willing to take on the responsibilities, and that applies in particular to outpatient care because, here too, salaried doctors are becoming the rule rather than the exception. The availability of medical care providers (often medical care centers) is becoming an increasingly crucial factor in safeguarding sustainable nationwide care. THE GROUP identifies, acquires and motivates the relevant players so that sustainable practice and business concepts can be implemented.

As a partner to those involved in the healthcare industry, our experts assist acquisitions, succession planning and mergers of outpatient and inpatient facilities. THE GROUP helps institutional investors in their search for suitable target investments, and also contract physicians in setting up or selling a practice.

Medical centers and health centers are specialist properties and must meet today’s requirements for outpatient medical care and comply with legal requirements as well as the changed requirements of processes in modern practices. As bases for healthcare providers, medical centers and health centers must be developed to meet these new requirements. THE GROUP analyses and optimizes the status quo, helps with refurbishment and lays the groundwork for any necessary and desired transactions involving these specialist properties.

In the healthcare sector, real estate management is a decisive factor in the success of facilities such as medical practices and clinics. THE GROUP offers specialized transaction advice and support for healthcare properties to help you through all stages of the property transaction process from identification to final implementation. We assist with strategic planning, negotiations and the integration of properties.

Our expertise includes strategic advice, market analysis, transaction management, financial and legal advice as well as integration and utilization checks. In addition, our experts help identify and leverage potential, in particular through lease optimization and targeted value enhancement measures. In this way, we help maximize the return on real estate investments ahead of any potential exit scenario.