News and blog posts
14
Jun 2019
In early May 2019, the Austrian HTA body, the Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute (LBI), has published a health technology assessment on robot-assisted surgery in thoracic and visceral indications as part of the EUnetHTA work.
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14
Jun 2019
A syndicated report (>80 pages) includes the overview and statistics of 16 key innovation funding and coverage with evidence development schemes in seven European countries: Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The price of the report is €1600.
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13
Jun 2019
The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for total and partial hip replacement in Europe. The following indications will be considered: coxarthrosis, osteonecrosis. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
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13
Jun 2019
In March 2019, NICE published an updated version of its evidence standards framework for digital health technologies (DHTs) that sets out the evidence requirements for different types of DHTs.
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13
Jun 2019
The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for mammography in ambulatory settings. All procedure codes for different types of mammography will be provided in the analysis. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
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12
Jun 2019
On the 24th of April 2019, the French Technical Agency for Hospital Information (ATIH) has released a technical note in connection with the 2019 DRG changes. Several key updates in relation to the financing of hospitalization benefits as a change of DRGs for fractional flow reserve, package to finance the rehabilitation and infusion costs of the pulmonary system and implementation of two innovative packages for PULSANTE and WISE CRT devices were outlined.
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11
Jun 2019
The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development (CCSD) group develop and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. New procedure codes concern cytoreductive surgery for colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis, cytoreductive surgery for ovarian malignancies, therapeutic sialendoscopy, intra corporeal salivary gland lithotripsy, and others and diagnostic codes for tests for common and rare mutations.
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10
Jun 2019
The report presents a summary of the reimbursement situation for carotid endarterectomy in Europe. The following procedures will be considered in the report: surgical carotid endarterectomy, percutaneous transluminal carotid artery angioplasty and stenting. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 11 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
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10
Jun 2019
In May 2019, the Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment, AVALIA-T, has released a report “Laser or radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of recurrent thyroid cancer.”
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10
Jun 2019
Director of MTRC will visit HTAi meeting in Cologne on the 19th of June 2019. Reach out to us at info@mtrconsult.com to schedule a meeting to discuss your reimbursement needs in Europe.
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10
Jun 2019
Newly released interviews cover topics of organization and financing of health care systems in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Spain, the role of HTA in Italy and clinical decision-making for the introduction of novel technologies in the Netherlands.
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10
Jun 2019
Descriptions are available as webinars or presentations in Acrobat PDF. They cover stakeholders, money flow, payment system, innovation funding, funding, and HTA landscape. Currently, overviews are available for 15 EU markets: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. In June-July we will add overviews for Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and Turkey.
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