Jun 22, 2020 | EN, general conditions, statutory health insurance
The Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), headed by Health Minister Jens Spahn, has prevailed and can now order corona mass tests in public institutions, even for symptom-free persons, if there has been 15 minutes contact with an infected person before. The exact details...
Jun 10, 2020 | EN, statutory health insurance
The German Association of Pharmacists (DAV) recently presented the expenditure of the health insurance companies before and after the corona boom in March 2020, according to which March was the peak month for expenditure and prescription dispensing, also with regard...
Jun 10, 2020 | research, Statistik, statutory health insurance
The health insurance company Barmer has founded its own „Barmer Institute for Health Research“, BIFG for short, which operates as a center of excellence for care and health system research and is divided into three research areas: „Strategic...
Mai 20, 2020 | company news @en, cooperation, Digitalization, pharmacy, Start-Up, statutory health insurance
As of June 1, 2020, the innovative software company, scanacs GmbH, based in Dresden, will cooperate with the Digital Health-Startup from Nuremberg, IT-Labs GmbH, so that employees in other health care areas will in future be able to check more easily whether the...
Mai 20, 2020 | EN, statutory health insurance
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) has just met with the heads of the statutory health insurance funds to discuss unavoidable subsidies, in response to warnings of an imminent cost explosion. Spahn’s meeting with the insurers was held via telephone...
Mai 20, 2020 | EN, statutory health insurance
After the publication of the health care expenditure for Germany in 2018, compared to 2019, a clear trend can be seen. Expenditure continues to rise. Whereas in 2018 they amounted to 390.6 billion euros, which statistically means 4,712 euros per German citizen,...