Misericórdia Marco de Canaveses - Santa Casa

What Misericórdia Marco de Canaveses - Santa Casa does

Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Marco de Canaveses (SCMMC) is a private non-profit social solidarity institution (Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social, IPSS) headquartered in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal, founded in 1934 with roots to 1911. The institution operates an integrated portfolio of healthcare and social services centered on Hospital Santa Isabel, which provides 24/7 emergency care, outpatient consultations across 20+ medical specialties, diagnostic imaging, a clinical analysis laboratory (partnered with Unilabs), a 2-room operating block, and inpatient medicine (41 beds) and surgery (14 beds) services. Adjacent clinical units include a Long-term Care Unit (ULDM, 20 patients, 37 multidisciplinary staff), a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit (26 professionals), and an Integrated Diagnostic Center. On the social side, SCMMC runs ERPI Rainha Santa Isabel (60-bed elderly residential care under a cooperation agreement with Centro Distrital da Segurança Social do Porto) and a Social Support Office (G.A.S).

SCMMC's go-to-market is hybrid: facility-based service delivery for inpatient, outpatient, and residential care, supplemented by mobile community outreach (Serviço Móvel de Saúde, SMS) for rural and isolated elderly populations. Revenue is earned through fee-for-service billing to the national health system (SNS), public servant subsystems (ADSE, IASFA, SAMS), and a broad panel of private insurers (Acoreana, Tranquilidade, Multicare, Fidelidade, Generali Care, Medis, CTT/Medis, Ageas, Liberty, Medicare, Ocidental, etc.), complemented by Segurança Social subsidies for ERPI and EU/Portuguese social innovation grants for community programs (e.g., Portugal Inovação Social, Fundo Social Europeu, Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo, Fundação La Caixa, BPI). Its primary customer segments are the general population of Marco de Canaveses, elderly individuals (residential and community), isolated rural elderly aged 65+, and formal/informal caregivers. The institution employs approximately 48–50 people and has demonstrated social innovation via award-winning programs (BPI Seniores 2014, Gulbenkian Envelhecimento na Comunidade 2019, BPI laCaixa Rural 2019).

Name

Misericórdia Marco de Canaveses - Santa Casa

Legal name

Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Marco de Canaveses

Website

https://scmmarco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Marco de Canaveses (SCMMC) is a Portuguese non-profit social solidarity institution operating Hospital Santa Isabel, a 60-bed elderly residence, a long-term care unit, and mobile community health programs serving the general population and elderly of Marco de Canaveses municipality.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare and Social Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Home Health Care Services (621610), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLADAEAJ

Affordable / Middle-Market CCRCs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC)

Keywords

• Healthcare services
• Elderly residential care
• Social solidarity services
• Mobile health services
• Continuing care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marco de Canaveses

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services: Hospital services including consultations, diagnostic exams, surgery, emergency care, and rehabilitation. Revenue generated through service fees covered by patients, insurers, and national health system agreements.
2. ERPI Residential Care: Elderly Residential Structure with cooperation agreement with Centro Distrital da Segurança Social do Porto for 60 residents. Revenue from resident fees and social security subsidies.
3. Continuing Care Unit (ULDM): Long-term care unit with capacity for 20 patients, providing continued healthcare and social support services.
4. Social Projects Funding: EU and national public funding through Portugal Inovação Social, Fundo Social Europeu, and social investors. Projects like MISSE'2G received 120,659.62€ total financing (85,726.34€ public, 36,739.86€ from social investors).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SCMMC is a private social solidarity institution (IPSS) operating Hospital Santa Isabel, which delivers 24-hour emergency care, outpatient consultations across 20+ medical specialties, diagnostic imaging, surgery, and inpatient medicine. It complements these with elderly residential care (ERPI for 60 residents), a Long-term Care Unit (ULDM with 20 beds), a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service, and community-based mobile health programs (SMS, SMS+MISSE, MISSE'2G) reaching elderly populations in rural parishes of Marco de Canaveses.

Product overview

Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Marco de Canaveses (SCMMC) is a private social solidarity institution (IPSS) offering an integrated portfolio of healthcare and social services. The core offering centers on Hospital Santa Isabel, which provides 24-hour emergency care, external consultations across 20+ medical specialties, diagnostic imaging, surgical services, and inpatient medicine and surgery. Adjacent healthcare services include a Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine unit, Long-term Care Unit, Clinical Laboratory (partnering with Unilabs), and an Integrated Diagnostic Center. On the social services side, SCMMC operates ERPI Rainha Santa Isabel (elderly residential care for 60 residents) and several mobile and community-based programs including the Serviço Móvel de Saúde (SMS) and SMS+MISSE mental health initiative. Services operate Monday-Saturday with extended hours, and the institution has agreements with major Portuguese health insurers and subsystems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MISSE'2G: An integrated project combining health and social intervention to monitor elderly people at home, contributing to improved mental health through specialized consultations in Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychology, and Occupational Therapy.
• Serviço Móvel de Saúde (SMS)
• SMS+MISSE
• SMS+GreenCare
• Rural SMS2Care
• SMS+Cuidadores

Products and services

• Hospital Santa Isabel
• ERPI Rainha Santa Isabel
• Centro de Diagnóstico Integrado (CDI)
• Serviço de Atendimento Permanente (SAP)
• Bloco Operatório
• Laboratório de Análises Clínicas
• Medicina Física e Reabilitação
• Unidade de Cuidados Continuados de Longa Duração e Manutenção (ULDM)
• Consulta Externa – Especialidades
• Serviço Móvel de Saúde (SMS)
• Programa SMS+MISSE
• Gabinete de Apoio Social (G.A.S)
• MISSE' 2G
• Medicina Interna e Cirurgia (Internamento)
• Meios Complementares de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica

Quantifiable outcome

• ERPI serves 60 elderly residents
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• UnilabscoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for clinical analysis services. Laboratory operates in partnership with Unilabs for pathology testing across biochemistry, hematology, coagulation, serology, microbiology, immunology, endocrinology, drug monitoring, and clinical toxicology.
• Centro Distrital da Segurança Social do PortocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement for ERPI Rainha Santa Isabel with 60-user capacity under typical cooperation agreement.
• Câmara Municipal de Marco de CanavesescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner for SMS projects providing mobile health services to rural populations in Marco de Canaveses municipality.
• Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for SMS project contributing expertise in medical education and research for elderly care programs.
• Centros de Saúde / Unidades de Saúde FamiliarescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare network partners for integrated care delivery and referral systems.
• Juntas de Freguesia ConcelhiascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParish council partners enabling community-level intervention and identification of isolated elderly.
• Centros Sociais e ParoquiaiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial and parish center partners for community-based care network.
• EPAMAC - Escola Profissional de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural de Marco de CanavesessecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partner for SMS+GreenCare project, involving beneficiaries with students for intergenerational activities around horticulture and nature.
• Rádio Marcoense FMminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partner for 'Conversas de Saúde' podcast providing health education content to community.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hospital da Luz: Major private hospital group operating across Portugal with insurer partnerships. Comparable payer-mix and multispecialty ambulatory/inpatient model, though urban-centric and at greater scale than SCMMC.
• Hospital de Braga: Large public hospital in northern Portugal providing broad specialty and emergency services. Comparable as a higher-acuity referral option for patients in the broader Norte catchment including Marco de Canaveses.
• Lusíadas Saúde: Largest private hospital network in Portugal offering broad specialty care and insurer agreements. Comparable as a competing provider of multispecialty hospital services under insurance/SNS contracts, though at much larger scale.
• Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga: Public hospital center serving the Norte Region of Portugal with multiple inpatient specialties. Comparable as a regional acute-care provider competing for the same patient catchment in northern Portugal.

Direct peers

• Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto: Fellow Portuguese Misericórdia operating hospital and elderly/social services. Directly comparable governance model (Provedor-led IPSS) and integrated health-and-social service mix.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa: Largest Misericórdia in Portugal, operating hospitals (Hospital de Santa Marta, Hospital Curry Cabral) and an extensive elderly/social-services network. Comparable as a fellow IPSS combining acute hospital care with elderly residential and social programs under one non-profit umbrella.
• Cáritas Portuguesa: Portuguese Catholic social services organization operating community social-support and elderly-assistance programs. Comparable mission and beneficiary base (vulnerable elderly, caregivers, isolated populations) for the social-services side of SCMMC's portfolio.
• Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa: Portuguese Red Cross operates community health and elderly-support services nationwide, including home care and residential programs. Comparable as a non-profit delivering community-based health and social services to vulnerable elderly populations.

Others

• Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: Major Portuguese foundation that awarded SCMMC's SMS+GreenCare the Envelhecimento na Comunidade prize and co-funds rural elderly-care initiatives. Comparable as a funder/ecosystem partner rather than a direct service competitor.
• Portugal Inovação Social: Public financing entity channeling Fundo Social Europeu to social-innovation projects including SCMMC's MISSE'2G. Comparable as the key public-funding counterparty for SCMMC's community-program growth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeopen.spotify.com/show/1hIFdMmp7f39TmvL6k7ti9
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/miseric%C3%B3rdia-marco-de-canaveses-santa-casa

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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