The new MDR shall be valid throughout the EU as of May 26th, 2020. However, this seems unrealistic in times of the Corona crisis and its impacts and…

The law, enacted at record speed, to relieve the hospitals in the ongoing Corona crisis, shall be passed tomorrow.

The DIMDI provided the proposals for the ICD-10-GM and OPS versions 2021 for download.

Next to the confirmed infection of COVID-19, also a suspicion without laboratory confirmation can be coded.

Investment cost weights aim at enabling the federal states for a lump-sum and performance related capital investment funding.

German health minister Spahn and the nursing care responsibles of the federal government agreed on a “seven action points” plan to relieve and support…

Georg Baum (DKG) interviewed during the digital DRG Forum 2020 about the current Corona situation in Germany.

BMG and BfArM inform about DiGA fast track opportunities for medical app manufacturers in end of March.

Until the end of March, organizations and medical societies can submit DRG proposals for the development of the aG-DRG-system to InEK.

Obviously, the recent regulations (as the PpUGV) put pressure on the hospitals and adequate medical care cannot be guaranteed during time of crisis.