Joux Valley Health Center

What Joux Valley Health Center does

Pôle Santé Vallée de Joux (PSVJ), operating as Joux Valley Health Center, is a private Swiss healthcare association recognized as being of public interest under Vaud and federal legislation. Founded on June 27, 2018 and operational since January 1, 2020 after assuming the missions of eHnv on the Vallée de Joux territory, the institution functions as an integrated regional 'health pole' combining a 14-bed acute-care hospital with 24/7 emergency services, a 37-bed medical-social establishment (EMS Alp'Age), a temporary day-care center (CATsaisons), home-help and home-care services, ambulatory consultations, an ambulatory surgical block, physiotherapy, nutritional/dietetic consultations, radiology (interpreted remotely by GHOL), laboratory services, and a central kitchen producing ~280 meals per day. Its core technology and assets are the physical hospital building at Rue de l'Hôpital 3 in Le Sentier, the wholly-owned EMS Alp'Age and CATsaisons subsidiaries, an electronic patient record managed through the CARA platform, and an integrated clinical and medico-social workforce of roughly 200 collaborators.

PSVJ's business model mixes regulated healthcare reimbursement with cantonal subsidization and ancillary fees. Revenue is generated through LAMal basic insurance reimbursements for covered acute, ambulatory, EMS and home-care services, supplementary (private/semi-private) insurance for upgraded accommodation, cantonal subsidies as a recognized public-interest establishment, transaction-based fees for CAT day care (CHF 5–CHF 25 per day depending on package, plus variable transport), tiered unit-pricing for LAMal-covered nutritional consultations (CHF 99 first visit, CHF 77 visits 2–6, CHF 64 thereafter), and meal-services revenue from home-care clients and external daycare facilities. The customer base is essentially the resident population of the Vallée de Joux in the Vaud canton — there are no named enterprise customers and no geographic expansion outside the catchment — making PSVJ a community-monopoly provider whose economics are exposed to cantonal subsidy decisions (epitomized by the July 2025 CHF 3.01M cut announcement, reduced to CHF 132,000 in September 2025 after community mobilization) and to the demographic and utilization profile of a single mountain valley.

Name

Joux Valley Health Center

Legal name

Association Pôle Santé Vallée de Joux

Website

https://psvj.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Joux Valley Health Center (Pôle Santé Vallée de Joux, PSVJ) is a Swiss public-interest healthcare association in the Vaud canton operating an integrated regional health pole — a 14-bed acute hospital, 24/7 emergency services, a 37-bed nursing home, home care, day care, ambulatory surgery, and diagnostic and therapeutic services — serving the population of the Vallée de Joux.

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Product category

Community Hospital and Integrated Healthcare Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Continuing Care Retirement Communities (623311), Home Health Care Services (621610), Home Health Care Services (6216)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Cardiac & Pulmonary Clinical Home Health (e.g., CHF/COPD) (HSABACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Operative Personal Care Support (Non-Clinical) (HSABABAK), Companion Care & Social Support (non-clinical) (HLADAGAB)

Keywords

• Acute care services
• Home healthcare services
• Medical-social accommodation
• Emergency medical services
• Physiotherapy rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Sentier

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services - LAMal Insurance: The institution generates revenue through LAMal basic health insurance reimbursements for covered medical services including consultations, treatments, and hospital stays.
2. Supplementary Insurance Services: Revenue from private and semi-private hospital insurance for upgraded accommodation (hotel comfort).
3. Cantonal Subsidies: The institution receives cantonal subsidies as a recognized public interest healthcare establishment, facing budget cuts from the Vaud canton.
4. Meal Services: The kitchen team produces approximately 280 meals daily for internal services, home care clients, and external daycare facilities.
5. Temporary Day Care (CAT): Day care services with participation costs ranging from CHF 5 to CHF 25 depending on chosen service package.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Joux Valley Health Center (Pôle Santé Vallée de Joux, PSVJ) is a private healthcare association recognized as a public interest institution, delivering an integrated portfolio of community hospital services including acute care, 24/7 emergency care, outpatient consultations, ambulatory surgery, home care, a 37-bed medical-social accommodation facility (EMS Alp'Age), a temporary day care center (CATsaisons), physiotherapy, nutritional counseling, radiology, laboratory, and meal services for the local population of the Vallée de Joux region in Switzerland.

Product overview

Pôle Santé Vallée de Joux (PSVJ) is a private healthcare institution recognized as a public interest hospital, medical-social establishment, and home care organization. It offers an integrated portfolio of healthcare services including acute care hospital services, outpatient consultations, a 24/7 emergency department, ambulatory surgery, home care services, a 37-bed nursing home (EMS Alp'Age), a temporary day care center (CAT), and therapeutic services including physiotherapy and nutrition. All services are centralized at the hospital in Le Sentier, with the exception of the CAT located in Bioux. The institution collaborates with partners including the Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique (GHOL) for radiology services and CARA for electronic patient records.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital Services (Services Hospitaliers)
• 24/7 Emergency Services (Urgences 24h/24)

Quantifiable outcome

• Net Promoter Score of 23, exceeding Swiss healthcare average

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique (GHOL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRadiology interpretation partnership where GHOL radiologists interpret examinations performed at PSVJ. GHOL serves as PSVJ's reference hospital and partner for strengthening financial and structural stability.
• ASPMAD du Nord vaudoiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation for Health, Prevention, and Home Maintenance providing specialized professionals including dietary counseling, diabetes care, occupational therapy in upper limb pathology, pediatric occupational therapy, stoma care, wound care, and incontinence specialists.
• BRIO (Bureau d'Information et d'Orientation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional information and orientation office of Réseau Santé Nord Broye that provides information about EMS and medico-social support structures in Vaud canton, and assists with accommodation requests.
• Association des Amis de l'établissement hospitalier de La ValléeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport association whose purpose is to provide the broadest possible support to the Vallée de Joux hospital by generally contributing to improve patient stay and environment.
• Fondation de l'hôpital de La Vallée de JouxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation for supporting and assisting institutions in the Vallée de Joux that care for people in difficulty.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Clinique de Montchoisi (Swiss Medical Network): Privately operated Swiss clinic offering ambulatory surgery and specialty consultations that overlaps with PSVJ's ambulatory and surgical offering, though focused on privately insured patients in an urban setting.
• ASPMAD du Nord vaudois: Major home-care and prevention association in northern Vaud and PSVJ's home-care partner; broader in geographic scope but overlapping directly in home-care delivery to the same population.

Direct peers

• Spital STS AG (Spital Thun Simmental Saanenland): Swiss regional hospital group operating acute care, EMS and outpatient services across a peripheral alpine catchment, structurally analogous to PSVJ.
• Hôpital du Valais / Spital Wallis: Cantonal hospital network operating multiple peripheral sites in alpine valleys with integrated acute, long-term and home-care services; highly comparable structure to PSVJ.
• Spital Bülach: Regional hospital in peripheral canton Zürich providing integrated acute, geriatric and outpatient care to a defined catchment, with comparable scale and service breadth.
• Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique (GHOL): Reference hospital and core partner of PSVJ; a regional acute-care hospital in the Vaud/Geneva lake region offering similar multi-site acute, ambulatory and geriatric services to a comparable peripheral-lake catchment.
• Établissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois (eHnv): Predecessor operator of the Vallée de Joux site; a multi-site regional hospital network in northern Vaud providing acute care, EMS and home care with a similar integrated-service model.
• Hôpital Riviera-Chablais (HRC): Inter-cantonal regional hospital serving Vaud and Valais peripheral populations with acute care, EMS and ambulatory services, comparable in scope and regional mandate to PSVJ.
• Réseau Santé Nord Broye: Regional health network in northern Vaud coordinating hospital, EMS and home-care services across a peripheral catchment; directly comparable in mission and geography to PSVJ.
• Hôpital de Lavaux: Smaller Vaud peripheral hospital offering acute and ambulatory care; comparable in size and peripheral-regional positioning to PSVJ.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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