Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland

What Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland does

Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland U.A. (ChiCoN) is a private Dutch cooperative of 24-25 self-employed medical specialists (vrijgevestigd medisch specialisten) organized as a single surgical partnership (maatschap) across four hospital locations in the northern Netherlands: Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen and three Treant Zorggroep hospitals — Scheper Ziekenhuis Emmen, Bethesda Ziekenhuis Hoogeveen, and Refaja Ziekenhuis Stadskanaal. The cooperative was established on March 1, 2019 through a merger of the surgical groups at WZA and Treant, with the stated intent to guarantee quality and continuity of surgical care for patients in Drenthe and Zuidoost-Groningen. It operates a Daily Board led by a Chairman, Medical Manager, Treasurer, and MSCT Chairman, plus a designated surgical trainer (Opleider) operating within the OOR Noordoost educational region and the national SCHERP curriculum.

The cooperative delivers five core surgical service lines — Algemene Chirurgie (general), GE-chirurgie (gastrointestinal/oncological), Traumachirurgie, Vaatchirurgie (vascular), and Mammachirurgie — the last anchored by Mammacentrum sites in Hoogeveen and Assen, and supported by Level 3 trauma center coverage with a stated ambition to reach Level 2 status. Clinical delivery relies on minimally invasive techniques (laparoscopy, SILAC-FILAC laser treatment for pilonidal sinus and perianal fistulas) and advanced platforms including the Da Vinci surgical robot for colorectal, hernia, and complex abdominal cases. A Virtual Fracture Care App is deployed for trauma follow-up. ChiCoN also runs an educational outreach program of webinars and symposia (GE-symposia, trauma, vascular, mammacare) targeting GPs, nurse specialists, physician assistants, and referring medical specialists, using LinkedIn and YouTube as primary channels.

The business model is fee-for-service within the regulated Dutch healthcare system: surgeons bill through the standard DBC and health-insurer framework, with the cooperative providing shared governance, training, and quality oversight rather than acting as a payor or software vendor. Revenue is generated from medical specialist fees at the four hospital sites, complemented by sponsorship arrangements (e.g., the Novartis Nederland Mammasymposium collaboration). ChiCoN has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries; ownership and governance remain with the member surgeons.

Name

Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland

Legal name

Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland U.A.

Website

https://chirurgencooperatienoordnederland.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland (ChiCoN) is a Dutch cooperative of 24-25 self-employed surgeons delivering general, gastrointestinal, trauma, vascular, oncological, and breast surgery across four hospitals in Drenthe and Zuidoost-Groningen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Groningen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surgical Care Services: ChiCoN provides surgical services at four hospital locations (Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen and three Treant Zorggroep hospitals). As a partnership of self-employed medical specialists (vrijgevestigd medisch specialist), they operate within the Dutch healthcare funding system, which is primarily covered by health insurance. Revenue is generated through medical specialist fees billed to patients and health insurers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ChiCoN is a cooperative of 24-25 self-employed surgeons operating as a single partnership (maatschap) across four hospital locations in the northern Netherlands, providing comprehensive surgical services covering general, gastrointestinal, trauma, vascular, oncological, breast, and lung surgery. The cooperative was formed in 2019 to guarantee quality and continuity of surgical care in the Drenthe and Zuidoost-Groningen regions, employing both traditional and minimally invasive techniques including Da Vinci robotic surgery and laparoscopic procedures.

Product overview

Chirurgen Coöperatie Noord Nederland (ChiCoN) is a cooperative of 24 surgeons providing comprehensive surgical services across four hospital locations: Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen and three Treant Zorggroep hospitals (Scheper Ziekenhuis Emmen, Bethesda Ziekenhuis Hoogeveen, and Refaja Ziekenhuis Stadskanaal). The organization offers five core medical specialty services: Mammachirurgie (breast surgery), GE-chirurgie (gastrointestinal surgery), Traumachirurgie (trauma surgery), Vaatchirurgie (vascular surgery), and Algemene Chirurgie (general surgery). The cooperative was formed on March 1, 2019, through a merger between surgeons from Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen and Treant Zorggroep, aiming to guarantee quality and continuity of surgical care in Drenthe and Southeast Groningen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mammachirurgie (Breast Surgery)
• GE-chirurgie (Gastrointestinal Surgery)
• Traumachirurgie (Trauma Surgery)
• Vaatchirurgie (Vascular Surgery)
• Algemene Chirurgie (General Surgery)

Quantifiable outcome

• Quality and continuity of surgical care guaranteed through partnership integration
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Novartis NederlandminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 October 2021ChiCoN collaborated with Treant Zorggroep and Novartis Nederland to organize the Mammasymposium celebrating the 5-year anniversary of the Mammacentrum in Hoogeveen, held during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
• OOR Noordoost (Onderwijs- en Opleidingsregio Noordoost)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChiCoN's training program is based on the national SCHERP curriculum and the regional implementation within OOR Noordoost. This provides the framework for individual training plans (IOP) for medical residents (AIOS).
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Heelkunde (Dutch Association for Surgery)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChiCoN meets the highest quality standards set by the Dutch Association for Surgery. The association provides the quality framework that ChiCoN's integrated partnership model fulfills.
• Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd (IGJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe partnership model helps hospitals meet the increasingly higher requirements set by the IGJ (Health and Youth Care Inspectorate) and health insurers.
• Maatschap Orthopedie Treant (Orthopedic Partnership Treant)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChiCoN trauma surgeons work together with orthopedic surgeons from Maatschap Orthopedie Treant to form a multidisciplinary trauma unit serving the Level 3 trauma centers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vakgroep Chirurgie Medisch Spectrum Twente: Surgical group within Medisch Spectrum Twente in the eastern Netherlands. Comparable Dutch regional multi-specialty surgical team providing general, trauma, vascular and oncological surgery across a regional hospital network.
• MSB Catharina (Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven): Medisch Specialistisch Bedrijf (medical specialist partnership) attached to Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven. Comparable Dutch hospital-based multi-specialty partnership structure delivering specialist care including surgical services under a single governance model.
• Chirurgenmaatschap Isala: Surgical partnership within Isala Zwolle, a large regional hospital in the eastern Netherlands. Comparable Dutch maatschap structure providing comprehensive surgical services across multiple locations under one specialist partnership.
• Maatschap Chirurgie Martini Ziekenhuis: Surgical partnership (maatschap) operating within Martini Ziekenhuis in Groningen. Comparable Dutch multi-surgeon group practice model serving the same northern Netherlands catchment, directly competing with ChiCoN for regional surgical referrals.

Others

• NVvH (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Heelkunde): Dutch Association for Surgery that sets the quality framework ChiCoN explicitly aligns to. Comparable as a thematically related ecosystem participant that defines the standards, training (SCHERP) and accreditation that govern Dutch surgical partnerships like ChiCoN.
• OOR Noordoost: Regional medical education and training organization within which ChiCoN's AIOS residency program operates. Comparable as an ecosystem/training participant that is core to ChiCoN's surgical talent pipeline rather than a direct competitor.
• IGJ (Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd): Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate cited by ChiCoN as a key stakeholder whose requirements the cooperative helps hospitals meet. Comparable as a regulator/adjacent ecosystem participant shaping the operating environment for Dutch surgical partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• Treant Zorggroep: Hospital group operating Scheper, Bethesda and Refaja hospitals where ChiCoN surgeons deliver care. While a customer/counterparty rather than a direct competitor, Treant is a comparable large Dutch regional hospital provider whose strategic decisions directly shape ChiCoN's operating scope.
• UMCG (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen): Academic tertiary hospital in the same northern Netherlands region as ChiCoN. Competes for complex surgical referrals (especially oncology and rare procedures) and serves as the regional referral escalation point that ChiCoN's partnership is designed to feed or complement.
• Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen: Regional hospital in Assen where ChiCoN provides surgical services and which operates a Level 3 trauma center. Comparable Dutch regional hospital with overlapping catchment in Drenthe, and a key institutional partner for ChiCoN.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCU85sd90z7t3NaOLPeyVVeA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chirurgen-cooperatie-noord-nederland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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