Monthly news from the German Medical Technology Association: BVMed, Reinhardtstrasse 29b, D-10117 Berlin Editor: Manfred Beeres, Phone: +49 (0) 30 - 24 62 55 - 20, E-Mail: [email protected], www.bvmed.de
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CDU / CSU and SPD Present Coalition Agreement: Positive Medtech Elements Coalition Agreement Berlin. German Conservative parties Berlin. The medtech companies organized in the medical technology strategy process must CDU / CSU and the Social Democrats (SPD) BVMed intend to use the continuation of the aim, among others, at adjusting the reimburse- announced the successful completion “Medtech Strategy Process” provided for in the ment and assessment systems to the dynamic of their coalition negotiations. A mem- CDU / CSU / SPD coalition agreement to achieve pace of medical and technical advances. The co- bers’ poll is going on until March 2, 2018, a “new culture of progress in the further devel- alition agreement includes good elements in this among the SPD, deciding on the issue of opment and improvement of patient care in Ger- regard. One of the requests, for example, is that another Grand Coalition. many through new technical solutions.” The co- medical innovations should be integrated in the operation and interaction between the health, standard of care at a faster pace and that the research, and economic ministries is very impor- G-BA procedures should be accelerated to this Jens Spahn Intended tant for this process. All three ministries will be end. The Grand Coalition has recognized that to Become Health Minister led by the CDU party. “We want a positive atmo- faster decisions on new examination and treat- Berlin. Chancellor Angela Merkel has an- sphere for medical technical progress and a faster ment methods are necessary for providing good, nounced the six ministers represented translation of research results into healthcare,” state-of-the-art healthcare. by the CDU. 37-year-old Jens Spahn, the said BVMed CEO Joachim M. Schmitt. Read more at www.medinsight.de. current State Secretary in the Ministry From the perspective of the medtech industry, of Finance, is to become the next Minis- ter of Health. Hermann Gröhe has to quit offi ce and will not be represented in the New Data Protection Law: The Countdown Is On new cabinet anymore. Peter Altmaier, former Minister of the Chancellory Of- Berlin. The countdown has begun: On May 25, cyber attacks, keeping a log of all technical and fi ce, is meant to become Minister of Com- 2018, the new European General Data Protection organizational activities of data processing, data merce. He will be succeeded by the phy- Regulation (GDPR) will become enforceable, re- protection impact assessment and documented sician Prof. Dr. Helge Braun. CDU Mem- placing the German Federal Data Protection Act proof of how the data protection rules are being ber of Parliament Anja Karliczek is set as (BDSG). At the same time, there is an amended implemented. Experts elucidated these points next Minister of Research and Education. version of the BDSG that will also come into ef- at the BVMed conference “Data protection in fect on May 25, 2018. The new data protection the healthcare industry” held in February 2018 law brings with it a multitude of new rules and in Cologne. DRG Rates to Be Restructured requirements. Among them are suitable technical More at: www.medinsight.de. Berlin. Christian Democrats and SPD are and organizational measures to protect against planning a crucial transformation of the DRG system. So far, personnel costs have been included in the DRGs. As can be seen from the coalition agreement, these costs are now intended to be remuner- ated separately from the lump-sum case rates, based on individually negotiated, hospital-specifi c prices.
Heart Report: Good Therapies, Poor Prevention Berlin. Not all of the trends seen during recent years have spread to the cardiac health of the population in Germany, the new German Heart Report 2017 displays. Despite constantly improving medical care, morbidity and mortality increased slightly in 2015 for most heart diseases, with few exceptions. According to heart specialists, one reason for this develop- ment is the limited degree of preven- tion in adults.
MedInsight Germany: March 2018 Issue Is Out Berlin. Get the latest news on Europe’s biggest medtech market: MedInsight Germany is the third biggest market for medi- export rate is at around 64 percent. The German Germany is a background report by cal technologies in the world. The total revenue medtech market is about twice as large as the BVMed and AdvaMed. Order a free trial of the manufacturing medical technology com- French and three times as large as the British or copy: [email protected]. panies (considered are those with more than 20 Italian market. More: www.medinsight.de. employees) in Germany is 32 billion euros. The More at: www.bvmed.de/branchenbericht.