ASP Crotone

What ASP Crotone does

ASP Crotone (Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Crotone) is a public provincial healthcare authority established in 2007 and operating within Italy's Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN) under the governance of Regione Calabria. As the sole designated public healthcare provider for the Province of Crotone in Calabria, it serves approximately 170,000 residents across 10+ municipalities through an integrated delivery network comprising one main acute hospital (Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio), a Distretto Sanitario Unico Aziendale coordinating territorial services, vaccination centers, 60 partner pharmacies, 30 guardie mediche, the SUEM 118 emergency service, and an expanding network of Case della Comunità and an Ospedale di Comunità under PNRR Mission 6 Salute construction. Its services span prevention, primary care, specialist outpatient, hospital care, emergency medicine, mental health, rehabilitation, home care, and social-health integration, with specialized centers recognized as regional references for laparoscopic surgery (ACOI) and for first-in-Calabria innovations including the MACO midwife-led obstetric model and universal RSV prophylaxis with Nirsevimab for newborns.

The organization's digital infrastructure includes the Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico (national Electronic Health Record), Centro Unico di Prenotazione (CUP) online booking platform, online ticket payment system, online exam retrieval, and an experimental home-based ecoguide vascular access service. Revenue mechanics are entirely public-sector: primary funding flows from Regione Calabria's SSN budget allocation (general taxation and social health contributions), supplemented by regulated ticket co-pays (transactional fees with exemptions for protected categories) and the Attività Libero Professionale Intramuraria (ALPI) intramural private practice governed by a new regulation approved in 2025 after a 10-year gap. The organization is currently undergoing a major transformation cycle: a new Atto Aziendale (Corporate Charter) was deliberated in September 2025 introducing new departmental structures (Oncology, Integrated Pathways, Primary Care, Health Professions), concurrent PNRR infrastructure construction is active across multiple municipalities, leadership has transitioned (Antonio Graziano appointed Direttore Generale replacing Commissario Straordinario Monica Calamai), and multiple new clinical programs have been launched.

The current executive team includes Commissario Straordinario Monica Calamai (who led the major reorganization), Direttore Generale Antonio Graziano, and clinical directors across Surgery (Pasquale Castaldo), Neonatology (Antonio Belcastro), Oncology (Carla Cortese), Pediatrics (Stefania Zampogna), Neurology with Stroke Unit (Demetrio Messina), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Domenico Galea). Strategic partnerships include Regione Calabria (governing authority), Università della Calabria (medical education), ACOI (surgical training through 2027), and Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (pediatric specialist training). The organization serves patients across six explicit persona segments — general population, children and adolescents, elderly and fragile populations, women (maternal health), tourists and temporary residents, and the general public for prevention — under a horizontal segmentation approach.

Name

ASP Crotone

Legal name

Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Crotone

Website

https://asp.crotone.it

Company type

Public

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

ASP Crotone is a public provincial healthcare authority operating within Italy's SSN, delivering integrated hospital, territorial, emergency, and preventive healthcare services exclusively to the Province of Crotone, Calabria, through Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio and a network of community facilities currently undergoing PNRR-funded expansion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Offices of Physicians (62111), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dispatch, Communications & Medical Control Centers (PSAP/ECC) (HLAFANAK), Appointment Scheduling & Service Dispatch Support (BPAAABAO)

Keywords

• Public healthcare services
• Hospital care
• Territorial healthcare
• Preventive medicine
• Emergency medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Crotone

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. SSN Public Funding: ASP Crotone is a public healthcare authority funded primarily through the regional healthcare budget allocated by the Italian national health system (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale/Regione Calabria). Funding comes from general taxation and social health contributions. Revenue is allocated based on population served and regional health planning priorities.
2. Ticket Sanitario (Co-pay Fees): Citizens pay co-pay fees (ticket) for certain outpatient and diagnostic services as regulated by national and regional legislation. Fee exemptions apply for specific categories (elderly, disabled, chronic patients, low income). Revenue from co-pays is a supplementary funding stream.
3. Attività Libero Professionale Intramuraria (ALPI): Private professional activity conducted by physicians outside regular working hours, on patient free choice. The new ALPI regulation (approved 2025) governs this activity, which generates supplementary revenue for the organization and additional compensation for participating professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ASP Crotone (Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Crotone) is the public healthcare authority for the Province of Crotone, Calabria, operating within the Italian Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN). It delivers comprehensive public healthcare including hospital care at Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, territorial services through the Distretto Sanitario Unico Aziendale, prevention and vaccination programs, emergency services (SUEM 118), home care, mental health, maternal and pediatric services, oncology, and general surgery. The organization also operates digital citizen services including the Single Booking Center (CUP), Electronic Health Record (Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico), online ticket payment, and laboratory exam retrieval, and is expanding its territorial network through PNRR-funded Community Health Houses and Community Hospitals.

Product overview

ASP Crotone is a provincial healthcare authority (Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale) providing comprehensive public healthcare services to the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. The organization operates a network of services organized into digital platforms and healthcare delivery systems. The digital infrastructure includes the Centro Unico di Prenotazione (CUP) for appointment booking, Pagamento Ticket Online for fee payments, Ritiro Esami di Laboratorio for test results, and the Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico for electronic health records. Core clinical services span prevention (vaccinations, disease surveillance through Dipartimento di Prevenzione), hospital care (Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio as the main facility), territorial services (Distretto Sanitario Unico Aziendale, Assistenza Domiciliare, Casa della Comunità), and specialized units (Surgery, Neonatology, Mental Health, Dialysis). Additional digital transparency services include Piattaforma Concorsi Online for recruitment competitions, Fatturazione Elettronica for invoicing, Whistleblowing for compliance reporting, and Amministrazione Trasparente for regulatory disclosure. The organization is undergoing significant transformation through PNRR-funded infrastructure projects including Case della Comunità and Ospedale di Comunità facilities, and has adopted innovative care models such as the midwife-led MACO approach and home-based ecoguide vascular access services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Centro Unico di Prenotazione (CUP) Single unified booking center providing citizens with online and physical appointment scheduling for specialist visits, diagnostics, and hospital services across all ASP Crotone facilities.
• Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico (Electronic Health Record)

Quantifiable outcome

• Universal RSV prophylaxis (Nirsevimab) reduces VRS infections requiring medical care or hospitalization by approximately 90% in protected neonates.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Agenas (Agenzia Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari Regionali)minorOthers · 3 October 2025National agency for regional health services that accredited the Kroton Cancer Day medical conference for continuing medical education (ECM) credits.
• ACOI (Associazione Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2025ACOI renewed its convention with ASP Crotone until 2027 for high-level surgical training and education. The UOC di Chirurgia Generale of Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio is recognized as a regional and extra-regional reference center for laparoscopic surgery in benign and malignant pathologies. The partnership involves didactic and training activities.
• Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino GesùminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Through the 'Calabria Bambino Gesù' project, implemented under the cooperation agreement between Regione Calabria and Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, specialist Dr. Marcella Aversa visited ASP Crotone to support pediatric training and care for fragile pediatric patients, contributing to a formation course organized by the ASP.
• Regione CalabriacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 September 2025Regione Calabria is the governing regional authority for healthcare planning and financing. ASP Crotone operates under regional health planning directives and submits its Atto Aziendale and Piano del fabbisogno di personale for regional approval. The region allocates the healthcare budget and oversees compliance with national health standards (LEA).
• Comuni del territorio (Mesoraca, Caccuri, Cirò Marina, Crotone, Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Rocca di Neto, Verzino)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 September 2025Multiple municipalities across the province are partnering with ASP Crotone for the construction of Ospedali di Comunità and Case della Comunità under PNRR Mission 6 Salute. These proximity health facilities are being built on municipal land and represent the new territorial health network of the province.
• Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri di CrotoneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 September 2025ASP Crotone contributed to the organization of the conference 'Medicina di genere: nuovi orizzonti tra scienza e cura' (Gender Medicine: new horizons between science and care), held with FNOMCeO (Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri). The event promoted gender medicine awareness among healthcare professionals.
• Associazione 'Regalerò un sogno' di CrotoneminorOthers · 19 September 2025Volunteer association collaborating with ASP Crotone to deliver clown therapy ('clownterapia') at the San Giovanni di Dio hospital, bringing joy to patients as part of the humanization of care initiative.
• SuperHeroes.odv di SiracusaminorOthers · 19 September 2025Volunteer organization from Siracusa partnering with the local 'Regalerò un sogno' association and ASP Crotone to deliver clown therapy sessions to hospital patients, enhancing the humanization of hospital care.
• Xenia di Francesca MazzaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 September 2025Xenia (provider ECM) organized and accredited the 'Kroton Cancer Day – Meet the GI Expert' medical conference for Agenas ECM credits, bringing together oncological specialists from national and international centers.
• Università della CalabriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASP Crotone is the third polo of the Corso di Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia TD (Medical and Surgical Degree), collaborating with the University of Calabria for medical education, professional development, and research activities. The partnership supports training of future healthcare professionals.
• FNOMCeO (Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of medical and dental orders that co-sponsored the gender medicine conference in collaboration with ASP Crotone and the local Order of Physicians.
• Associazioni di Volontariato (Voluntary Associations)minorOthersASP Crotone maintains ongoing partnerships with voluntary associations that support healthcare delivery, patient support, and social-health integration across the province.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• AO Pugliese-Ciaccio (Catanzaro): Regional hospital authority in Catanzaro serving as a hub hospital for Calabria. Comparable acute-care and specialty service delivery, sharing the same regional regulatory and funding environment as ASP Crotone.
• AUSL Bologna: Azienda USL in Emilia-Romagna providing integrated public hospital and territorial healthcare. Directly comparable in service portfolio (prevention, hospital, home care, territorial network) and digital health infrastructure, though operating in a wealthier region.
• ULSS 3 Serenissima (Venice): Italian local health authority (Unità Locale Socio Sanitaria) in the Veneto region providing integrated hospital and territorial services. Comparable in structure, mandate, and PNRR-driven transformation, though serving a more affluent and touristic territory.
• AOU Mater Domini (Catanzaro): Regional university hospital authority (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria) located in Catanzaro, Calabria. Comparable in specialty hospital service delivery and Calabria regional context, though with a university hospital mission distinct from ASP Crotone's territorial focus.

Broad incumbents

• ASL Roma 1: Large Azienda Sanitaria Locale serving central Rome. Comparable in delivering integrated public hospital, territorial, and prevention services under the SSN framework, though at metropolitan scale and with a different demographic profile.
• ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia: Large Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale in Lombardy operating a major general hospital with integrated territorial services. Comparable in integrating hospital and territorial care under one organizational umbrella, though at significantly larger scale and in a different region.

Direct peers

• ASP Vibo Valentia: Sister Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale in Calabria serving the smaller Province of Vibo Valentia. Closely comparable mandate and structure to ASP Crotone within the same regional health system.
• ASP Reggio Calabria: Sister Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale serving the metropolitan area of Reggio Calabria under the same Calabria regional health authority. Most comparable in scale, service mix, and PNRR Mission 6 Salute execution profile to ASP Crotone.
• ASP Catanzaro: Sister Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale in Calabria serving the Province of Catanzaro. Operates under identical SSN governance, with similar hospital and territorial network structure as ASP Crotone.
• ASP Cosenza: Sister Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale in Calabria, providing public hospital and territorial healthcare services to the Province of Cosenza under the same SSN framework as ASP Crotone. Directly comparable in mandate, structure, funding model, and PNRR-driven transformation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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