The German Health Ministry will introduce a solution to open the German DRG system for innovations in medical technologies without delay.
Industry needs planning reliability.
With the present structures it will not be possible to ensure the population's future supply with medical devices and medical technologies. Very often, the high significance of medical devices for the health care sector is not being valued sufficiently, resulting in undesirable trends which could be avoided. The aim has to be to supply timely patient access and reimbursement of innovative medical technologies and therapies. The agreement on this solution should be managed individually between hospital and sickness fund. In doing so, the basis of the future DRG system are the hospital's actual costs.