Sep 18, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) will be the first major statutory sickness fund to introduce bonus payments to its policyholders, with around 6 million people expected to benefit. The company’s management made the recommendation to the Executive Board, that the...
Sep 11, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy, market knowledge
Since 2009, antitrust and abusive practice laws have applied for the relationship between statutory sickness funds and service providers (Section 69 Paragraph 2 SGB V). At this point, the legislation took into account the specific conditions of the health care...
Sep 10, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
The Bundesriegerung plans to increase the income threshold for social security, as originally reported by the „Süddeutsche Zeitung“ and the „Bild“. The decision will be made in October, and is expected to come into effect on the 1st January...
Sep 6, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
Public sickness funds, according to preliminary financial results for the first half of 2012, generated a surplus of around EUR 2.7 billion. Revenues of EUR 94.82 billion stand up against expenditure of EUR 92.13 billion. Revenues for the year increased by EUR 3.1...
Sep 5, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, pharmacy
At the end of June, the Gesundheitsausschuss des Bundestages reached a majority verdict, voting against the proposed ban on the sale of prescription drugs by mail order pharmacies. A second review of the proposal will take place in late September. If the state decides...
Aug 22, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions
Anycare GmbH, specialists in the disease management market, have created a subsidiary company in Switzerland. In order to operate more efficiently in the Alpine republic’s health market, Anycare Suisse AG will be based in Bern, making Anycare’s supply and...