Nov 27, 2020 | EN, statutory health insurance
Whether the additional contribution in the legal health insurance (GKV) is raised only on the average little or however a doubling threatens, experts do not know yet. However, it is a fact that the average additional contribution for 2021, which is variable, will be...
Nov 27, 2020 | EN, statutory health insurance
According to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the expenditures of the statutory health insurers (GKV) have increased rapidly. According to the report, a large deficit of three billion euros was generated in the third quarter of 2020, which is the...
Nov 27, 2020 | clinic, EN
Some hospitals in Germany were already in financial difficulties before the corona pandemic. In the crisis, the situation has now become even worse for some, as hospitals are required to keep beds free for Covid-19 patients and are therefore unable to bill them. The...
Nov 27, 2020 | company news @en, EN, mailorder, pharmacy
Since last week, increased competition for customers in the prescription drug market has begun in the USA, as the US mail order giant Amazon has entered the long-awaited business with Rx drugs. From now on, patients can order prescription drugs under the Amazon...
Nov 18, 2020 | e-health, EN, telematics
gematik, the Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH, has – as can be heard from insider circles – awarded the ePrescription infrastructure to DocMorrris‘ parent company, Zur Rose from Switzerland. However, the contract has not...
Nov 18, 2020 | EN, law, pharmacy
The German government plans to distribute FFP2 protective masks at a reduced price to risk groups in December by means of an emergency law. Extra federal funds will be made available to support the masks financially. Distributors of the protective masks are thus...
