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Circle Health Group is a private healthcare provider in the United Kingdom, and is the country's biggest private hospital provider. [3] The company was founded in 2004 and rebranded as Circle Health Group in 2019 after acquiring a rival, BMI Healthcare; in the same year it began an expansion in China. [4]
In 1990, AMI was purchased by then Generale des Eaux. AMI was renamed BMI Healthcare in 1993 and its new corporate group named General Healthcare Group. In 1997 funds managed by Cinven acquired GHG. After a further period of expansion GHG merged with Amicus Healthcare group in 1998 and the group grew its portfolio to over 40 hospitals.
Melton joined Circle Health Ltd in 2008 and became CEO after the departure of Ali Parsa. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Being CEO of a private owner of a former NHS Hospital is arguably not without controversy and in an interview with The Sunday Times on 15 February 2015 Melton stated that his ‘job isn’t to be a ‘larger-than-life character.
Centene gained full control of Circle Health in July 2021, [20] and sold the business to PureHealth in August 2023. [21] In early 2021, Operose Health, a UK subsidiary of Centene, took over a group of London practices, AT Medics. [22]
In December 2016 the Circle app stopped supporting the exchange of bitcoin but still allows money transfers. [49] In October 2017, Circle launched a new service for group payments and cash transfers to US accounts. [50] [51] In June 2019 it was announced that the Circle Pay mobile and web apps would be discontinued on September 30, 2019. [52]
Ali Parsadoust (commonly known as Ali Parsa; born 24 January 1965 [1]) is a British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and former investment banker. He is the founder and CEO of the bankrupt digital healthcare company Babylon Health and the co-founder and former CEO of hospital operator Circle Health.
Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging UnitedHealth Group’s existing pharmacy and care delivery services into the single Optum brand, comprising three main businesses: OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. [2] In 2017, Optum accounted for 44 percent of UnitedHealth Group's profits. [3]
The Meriden Hospital is a private hospital run by Circle Health. [1] It is situated adjacent to the University Hospital Coventry, Walsgrave, Coventry, England.