Sep 24, 2020 | Digitalization, EN, law
Mark Langguth – former specialist in charge of the electronic patient file (ePA), now a freelance consultant in the field of telematics infrastructure (TI) – strongly criticizes the ePA’s authorization concept because the so-called fine-grained...
Sep 17, 2020 | care, law, statutory health insurance
Germany is facing a dilemma in the field of out-of-hospital intensive care because at present it looks as if health insurance companies will no longer have to cover the costs of basic care for the seriously ill. Instead, basic care services will probably have to be...
Apr 3, 2020 | Digitalization, EN, law
The second digitization law on patient data protection (PDSG) in accordance with the Digital Supply Act (DVG) will soon be discussed by parliament following a vote in the Federal Cabinet. It provides for a number of changes, which have been submitted to the Deutsches...
Apr 1, 2020 | EN, homecare /nursing care, law
With the help of a recently passed law, the nursing care insurance funds will provide financial support to the 11,700 homes and 15,000 nursing services, as Gernot Kiefer, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the central association of statutory health insurance...
Mrz 13, 2020 | EN, law, pharmacy, statutory health insurance
The 10th Supplementary Agreement on the adaptation of Annex 3 of the Auxiliary Tax on the pricing of parenteral preparations came into force on 1 March 2020 after the German Pharmacists‘ Association (DAV) and the German National Association of Statutory Health...
