Jul 26, 2021 | EN, general conditions
There are people with health insurance who use products that, besides the co-payment obligation of between five and ten euros, cause additional costs that have to be paid out of their own pocket. Why this is so, however, is not clear from the report of the umbrella...
Apr 15, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, general conditions, health policy
In a recently published position paper, the medtech industry association SPECTARIS appeals to healthcare policymakers to exert pressure on the GKV-Spitzenverband to push through an aid adjustment for online-based or cloud-enabled aids. The potential of creating...
Apr 15, 2021 | App, EN, general conditions, telemedicine
Physicians and psychotherapists who prescribe digital health apps (DiGA) will receive retroactive extrabudgetary remuneration for their services as of January 1, 2021. According to a decision of the Extended Evaluation Committee (EBA), treatments of persons over 18...
Apr 15, 2021 | COVID-19, EN, general conditions
In their previously unpublished PHOSP-COVID study, University of Leicester study author Rachel Evans and Professor Chris Brightling looked at 1,077 people affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection and found that only 29 percent of them had fully recovered after severe...
Apr 15, 2021 | EN, general conditions, health policy
The SPD election program was presented at the end of March and is still being worked on until the decision is made in May of this year. For the SPD’s „Future Program,“ which consists of four future missions, in addition to climate neutrality, work is...
Mrz 26, 2021 | COVID-19, EN, general conditions
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recommend that painkillers and antipyretics not be taken immediately before or after the COVID-19 vaccination.The...
