Health&Care Management

What Health&Care Management does

Health&Care Management (HCM) is a German-language professional trade magazine covering healthcare management in Germany, published by Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (a private limited partnership based in Berlin, with MWV Verwaltungs GmbH as its general partner). The publication targets executive and management-level professionals working in hospitals, healthcare facilities, healthcare associations, insurance funds (GKV/PKV), pharmaceutical companies, and medical technology firms. Editorial coverage spans seven verticals: politics, economics, law, medical technology and innovation, leadership and personnel, buildings and technology, and events and conferences, with structured reporting on German healthcare reform (GKV reforms, hospital financing), policy, and industry events such as the Hauptstadtkongress. The company employs 51-100 staff and is headquartered in Berlin, with related operating contact data in Bad Wörishofen.

The core product is the HCM magazine (print and digital at hcm-magazin.de), supplemented by the 'HCM aktuell' email newsletter, the HCM Heftarchiv (digital archive from January 2021), the Stepstone-powered job marketplace (HCM Stellenmarkt), and the BinDoc-partnered analytical series 'Neues aus Analyse & Beratung'. Both the print edition and the website are IVW-certified for independently audited circulation. Digital content access is gated behind the DAViD single sign-on platform shared with the broader Deutscher Apotheker Verlag publishing network.

The revenue model is not publicly disclosed and no pricing is published on the website; the company maintains dedicated media sales personnel (Anzeigenleitung, Mediaberatung, Key Account Manager, Media Disposition), separate subscription and reader service contacts, and 'Mediadaten' advertising rate-card documentation hosted on the DAV media portal, indicating a traditional B2B trade publishing revenue mix of subscriptions and advertising. Distribution is exclusively domestic (Germany), with content delivered via the website, print magazine, email newsletter, and social media channels.

Name

Health&Care Management

Legal name

Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Website

https://hcm-magazin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Health&Care Management is a German professional trade magazine covering healthcare management policy, economics, law, medical technology, and leadership, published by Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft for hospital executives and healthcare industry decision-makers in Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Publishing / Healthcare Management Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Health, Fitness & Wellness Magazines (MPAJAEAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare management publishing
• Professional trade magazine
• German healthcare policy news
• Hospital management media
• Healthcare industry journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Health&Care Management is a German professional trade magazine published by Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, covering healthcare management across politics, economics, law, medical technology, innovation, leadership, buildings and technology, and events. The publication distributes content through a print edition, an IVW-certified website, an email newsletter, social media channels, and event coverage. Access to full digital content requires DAViD subscriber authentication.

Product overview

Health&Care Management (HCM) is a professional trade magazine published by Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. The core offering is the HCM magazine, which provides coverage of healthcare management topics across policy, economics, law, medical technology, innovation, leadership, buildings & technology, and events. The publication operates as a unified product with supplementary digital services including a newsletter subscription, an archive of past issues (Heftarchiv) from January 2021, the BinDoc analytical content series for data-driven hospital planning insights, a job market powered by Stepstone, social media channels, and access via the DAViD single sign-on platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health&Care Management (HCM) Magazin Professional trade magazine covering healthcare management topics including policy, economics, law, medical technology, innovation, leadership, and events in the German healthcare sector. Distributed in print with IVW-certified circulation and digital via hcm-magazin.de.
• HCM Newsletter (HCM aktuell) Free email newsletter delivering current information from the HCM editorial team, covering news in healthcare management, policy updates, and industry trends. Managed via Inxmail newsletter platform.
• Print and Digital Subscription Subscription-based access to Health&Care Management in print and digital formats, with full digital content access requiring DAViD login authentication. Subscriptions managed through the MWV reader service.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• BinDocminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHCM collaborates with BinDoc to bring data-driven analyses and assessments on central questions of hospital planning and management into the magazine. The series of articles targets executives who need reliable data to make decisions. The collaboration is part of the 'Neues aus Analyse & Beratung' (News from Analysis & Consulting) section on the HCM website.
• StepstoneminorOthersHCM integrates a job board powered by Stepstone (part of the Axel Springer group) on its website, allowing readers to access current healthcare industry job listings directly through hcm-magazin.de.
• dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)minorOthersThe HCM website and its newsletter 'HCM aktuell' use text material from the dpa news agency. The use of dpa content is permitted exclusively for private and non-commercial internet offerings. Archiving of the content is not permitted.
• DAViD (Deutscher Apotheker Verlag)coreTechnology or IntegrationHCM uses the DAViD single sign-on (SSO) system operated by Deutscher Apotheker Verlag, which provides centralized authentication across multiple publications including Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung, PTA Heute, HCM, and other platforms in the DAV network.
• WISO SE Consulting (Hauptstadtkongress organizer)minorOthersHCM covers the annual Hauptstadtkongress (HSK), Germany's largest healthcare policy congress, and maintains an exhibition booth (Stand 22) at the event. HCM's editorial team reports extensively on the congress, including video statements and panel coverage.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Official journal of the German Medical Association and one of the most widely read medical periodicals in Germany. A larger incumbent with broader clinical coverage that nonetheless reaches many of the same healthcare decision-makers as HCM.
• Springer Medizin Verlag: Large German medical publisher producing numerous healthcare professional titles and journals. A broad incumbent with overlapping audiences in healthcare management and policy, though operating at significantly larger scale than HCM.
• Ärzte Zeitung: Major German daily newspaper for physicians and healthcare professionals, covering clinical, political, and economic topics. A broader incumbent that overlaps with HCM on healthcare policy and management reporting.

Direct peers

• E-HEALTH-COM: German trade magazine dedicated to digital healthcare, covering e-health, telemedicine, hospital IT, and healthcare digitization. Overlaps with HCM's Medical Technology & Innovation category and shares the same healthcare management readership.
• medhochzwei Verlag: German healthcare publisher producing books, journals, and online content on hospital management, healthcare policy, and economics. Similar niche focus on German healthcare management professionals.
• Management & Krankenhaus (M&K): Leading German trade magazine for hospital management and healthcare IT, published by Vogel Communications Group. Directly comparable to HCM as a B2B healthcare management periodical covering hospital technology, IT, and management topics in the same German-speaking market.
• Healthcare Marketing (Branche): German trade magazine covering healthcare marketing, communications, and management topics targeting the same German healthcare industry professionals as HCM.
• Bibliomed Verlag: German publisher specializing in healthcare management trade media, including titles aimed at hospital and nursing executives. Comparable business model and audience to HCM within the German B2B healthcare media market.
• kma (Klinik Management aktuell): Long-established German trade magazine for hospital and healthcare management, also covering policy, economics, and hospital operations. Closest direct competitor to HCM in audience and editorial scope.

Emerging players

• Krankenhaus-IT Journal: German specialist publication focused on hospital IT and digital health infrastructure. Niche overlap with HCM's Medical Technology & Innovation category and serves a comparable healthcare IT decision-maker audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hcm_magazin
• Facebookfacebook.com/healthandcaremanagement

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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