News and blog posts
20
Jun 2018
On 28th of May, 2018, the Swiss Medical Tariff Commission (CTM-MTK) has agreed with the hospitals association (H+) on a transitional solution for the application of TARMED, which will last until July 31st, 2018.
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19
Jun 2018
On the 29th of May of 2018, the Institute for the Hospital Remuneration System (InEK) has published a joint document with G-DRG proposals for 2019. According to the decision made on the basis of § 17b KHG, the names of the applicants and procedure proposals for 2019 were provided.
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18
Jun 2018
The report includes both veno-venous and veno-arterial ECMO applications. Analysis includes the following indications: acute respiratory distress syndrome (VV-ECMO), deterioration of chronic advanced heart failure (VA-ECMO), post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock (VA-ECMO), post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock (VA-ECMO). 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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18
Jun 2018
The report includes all types of the ventricular assist devices: intra-, para- and extra-corporeal. Openly and percutaneously placed devices are considered. Bridge-to-decision, bridge-to-transplant and destination therapy indications are considered. 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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18
Jun 2018
On the 30th of May of 2018, Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has published a report regarding effectiveness of shunt treatment for persons with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, which was earlier commissioned to NIPH by My treatment choices platform with the purpose to find and summarize key findings from systematic reviews about the effects of shunts in the treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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15
Jun 2018
In mid-May 2018, the Catalan Agency for Quality and Health Evaluation, AQuAS, has published an assessment of the efficacy of shoulder arthroscopy for different pathologies and the safety of the procedure for the treatment of shoulder disorders.
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13
Jun 2018
The list of the laboratory tests is based on the Services Order (Ordinanza sulle Prestazioni, OPre) of the September 29th, 1995; the latest update is in force since January 1st, 2018. The list contains the services whose costs are covered by the obligatory healthcare insurance (assicurazione obbligatoria delle cure medico-sanitarie, AOMS). With the latest update, there are 1931 tests on this list.
See the list of the January 2018 modifications in Italian here.
See the full list of current laboratory tests in Excel format (in French, German and Italian) here.
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12
Jun 2018
At the end of April, 2018, the National Healthcare Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland, ZIN) has published an Overview of the healthcare activities, which were excluded or included with restrictions into Basic Insurance Package.
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11
Jun 2018
On 11th May, the Italian Ministry of Health announced from its website that five new Med Tech-related HTA documents are available for public consultation. See the details in the MTRC post.
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08
Jun 2018
The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. In April new codes for continuous glucose monitoring, vestibular and quantitative sensory testing were added to the CCSD Schedule.
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07
Jun 2018
In May of 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) approved two additional indications for application of PET/CT for management of malignant lymphomas for coverage within statutory health insurance. As the procedures were included into Directive for methods and examinations and Directive methods of the contract medical care, they are now reimbursed in both hospital and out-patient settings.
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06
Jun 2018
The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. In April new codes for therapeutic arthroscopic operation of temporomandibular joint, pelvic angiogram and diagnostic small-bore needle arthroscopy were added to the CCSD Schedule.
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