The NUB proposal process at InEK is not related to the NUB process at G-BA.

Please find the presented slides in our download area.

We provide you the dossier (in German) in our download area.

We give a speech on the topic of DiGA in Bern on 06/14/22.

Make sure to get a second opinion on your NUB-proposal after rejection and assure your reimbursement strategy.

Now is the right time to begin activities for the NUB application process for 2023.

Healthcare Heads website in a new design.

Dear Julia, the HcH team congratulates you on 5 years with HcH.

Prof. Lauterbach is once again causing confusion and incomprehension among experts.

HcH had the opportunity to present the topics NUB as well as the recent health political changes.

"M-sense-Migraine" ended the "app on prescription" project.

Easter greetings from the Healthcare Heads team.

The HcH Team congratulates our employee Sina Jessen on her successful Master degree and permanent position at HcH.

251 proposals became NUB status 1.

Also for 2022, the federal base rate will be defined after the federal states base rates. The BVMed recommends an assumed BBFW of 3,830 € for the transition phase.

Also for 2022, the federal base rate will be defined after the federal states base rates. The BVMed recommends an assumed BBFW of 3,830 € for the transition phase.

The Journal of European Continuous Medical Education published our article “DiGA – A chance for the German Healthcare System”.

NUB proposals for these therapies can be submitted to InEK until April 30th 2022.

InEK provided the DRG catalogue and further documents for 2022 on its website.

Do you plan the market access of your medical device in Germany and are visiting the Medica? Meet us there!

HcH presents first details on healthcare of the new federal government.

Healthcare Heads is hosting its own webinar on the topic of the DRG-system.

BfArM published final version of the OPS 2022 on October 26th.

We are looking forward to be speaker on the German DRG system 2022 at the monthly MDMA call on October 21st.

Healthcare Heads as a speaker at BVMed basic seminar: „Reimbursement of medical devices by the statutory health insurance”.

Do you plan the market access of your medical device in Germany and are visiting the Medica? Meet us there!

Healthcare Heads uses an additional office in the city of Bonn.

Healthcare Heads as speaker at VDE online event titled "Reimbursement: How manufacturers make money from medical devices."

The federal institute for drugs and medical devices (BfArM) published the final version of the ICD-10-GM for 2022.

The presentation is available in our download area on our website.

We give a speech on the topic of DiGA in Bern on 09/08/21.

InEK provided the DRG catalogue for 2022 on its website.

Take the chance with the NUB proposal process to receive a Reimbursement for your innovative therapy via the DRG-system within the next eight weeks.

BfArM published the preliminary version of the OPS version 2022 on the 16th of August 2021.

HcH gives an update on the flooding and its consequences from the point of view of someone affected.

The BfArM has published the pre-version of the ICD 2022 on the 26th of July 2021.

First or re-submission of NUB proposal? We are happy to consult you in all cases of NUB.

Our main office in Kiel is of course available as usual.

For the appropriate calculation of investments, an amendment of the systematic seems necessary.

According to Jens Spahn, digitization should be a matter of course for patients.

196 proposals have been submitted for the aG-DRG-system 2022.

The assessment of DiGAs at BfArM is one of the main parts of digital healthcare in Germany.

The BBFW for 2021 is 3,747.98 €.

“The digital future is here!” Will be the topic of the online event at KWHC.

Easter greetings from the Healthcare Heads team.

The 20th DRG-Forum will be an online event on March 18th. Healthcare Heads will participate.

The digitisation of the German healthcare system needs sufficient funding and reimbursement.

Next to DiGAs, digital care applications will improve digital healthcare in Germany in the future.

213 proposals became NUB status 1.

Nine federal states did already publish their base rates.

Berlin, Brandenburg and Rheinland-Pfalz already agreed on a base rate for 2021.

In 2021, the federal base rate will be defined after the federal states base rates. We recommend in accordance with the BVMed an assumed BBFW of 3,750€ for the transition phase.

As of 1st January 2021, Sven Sauermann is CEO at Healthcare Heads.

We are looking forward to a joint successful 2021.

It is now possible to create, revise and update for example economic analyses for single case groups and therapies based on the publications by the InEK for the remuneration system 2021.

We want to thank you for your support in 2020.

You can influence the German hospital funding in 2022 via the DRG proposal procedure until the end of March 2021.

Achieve a specific OPS-code for the therapy performed with your product by a successful OPS-code proposal.

Take the chance and influence the Reimbursement for your product’s therapy in 2022by a successful DRG proposal.

The hospital future act supports German hospitals with 4.3 billion Euro, the federal ministry now provided the schedule for the law’s implementation.

The information show how cases are allocated to DRGs in the different DRG versions.

The definition handbooks are available on InEK’s website for download.

As of now, the certified groupers for the aG-DRG-version 2020/2021 are available and coding guidelines can be updated.

BfArM releases information on the running DiGA Fast Track process on a regular basis.

The list of DRGs with 2/3 material cost share and the certified Groupers for 2021 are now available.

The German DRG Institute published the first information on the aG-DRG-System 2021 on November 6th, 2020.

A total amount of 1 billion Euro is paid for special burden during the corona crisis.

BfArM published final version of the OPS 2021 on October 27th 2020.

BfArM decided on the final inclusio of the app into the DiGA catalogue.

Next to the hospital future act, the ministry of Jens Spahn planned further laws and enactments for the next couple of weeks.

The approval process as well as the prescription of DiGAs are not yet synchronized and coordinated sufficiently.

The first two DiGAs are available for the German staturory insurants - due to BfArM's admission to the BfArM's catalogue

The first DiGA’s release is delayed due to technical incomplete descriptions of the billing process.

The federal institute for drugs and medical devices (BfArM) published the final version of the ICD-10-GM for 2021.

The Hospital Future Act shall improve medical and technical care in hospitals with 3 billion Euro.

The DGfM hosts this year’s symposium online in a “virtual venue”

The extra expenses of German health insurances will rise to approximately 16 billion in the next year, which will probably affect the additional dues paid by health insurants.

BfArM clarifies DiGA prescription process with explanations of relevant data

The health innovation hub hosts the first international DiGA summit in English on the 16th of September.

The federal government and the German states are expected to invest 4,3 billion Euros as one-time support for hospital funding due to the Hospital Future Act (KHZG).

Take the chance with the NUB proposal process to receive a Reimbursement for your innovative therapy via the G-DRG-system within the next eight weeks.

The web portal of the Federal Ministry of health is now online, including information on digital health applications for patients.

The first DiGAs will be approved for use by the BfArM in a few days. We want to offer a current overview in this White Paper.

BfArM published the preliminary version of the OPS-version 2021 on the 18th of August 2020. Healthcare Heads will soon publish an analysis of the changes compared to 2020.

The BMG presents the Hospital Future Act (KHZG) that is meant to lead to a modern digital infrastructure in hospitals due to improved investments.

For the first time, InEK publishes hospital data several times a year in form of a browser and thereby enables a short-term analysis in German hospitals’ performances.

BfArM published the DiGA fast track guideline in English.

IBR report contains information on the calculation of investment costs of DRGs and PEPPs.

With a position paper, the BVMed demands a targeted use of the “Future Programme Hospitals” for the subjects of robotics.

German Health Minister Spahn reactivates the PpUGV for intensive and geriatric medicine starting in August – and receives diverse resonance.

The German health minister Spahn still calls for more digitalization and an uncomplicated access to electronic patient records.

For the first time since the acquisition of DIMDI BfArM has published the pre-version of the ICD 2021 on the 23rd of July 2020.

The patient security law introduces the electronic health record (ePA) in Germany.

The “NUB 2nd Look“ upgrades your chances for your NUB proposal.

To secure in-patient healthcare in rural areas, the affected hospitals again receive extra funds.

The latest WidO report confirms the expected decline of cases because political measures during corona lockdown in German hospitals.

The German health ministry wants to speed and open up the process of the benefit assessment of the Federal Joint Committee.

InEK published the summarized DRG proposals for 2021.

If BfArM listed an application in the DiGA catalogue, it can be prescribed by physicians.

Scientific facts, generated in studies and publications and summarized as an evidence overview can be a successful tool and a door opener for the selling process of medical devices.