News and blog posts
20
Aug 2018
The Danish National Board of Health has implemented funds for experimental cancer surgery for the period of 2017-2020. The deadline for the second round of applications lasts until September 5, 2018.
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17
Aug 2018
In June 2018, Danish Health Authority published new codes for the Health Care Classification System, including two surgical, two medical procedure codes and three codes for MRI diagnostics. These codes are used to classify procedures in Danish DRG system.
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16
Aug 2018
Hundreds of patients each year will benefit from fourteen new innovative treatments that will now be routinely available. These treatments include several devices and procedures: keraprosthesis for corneal blindness, left atrial appendage occlusion, selective dorsal rhizotomy and total pancreatectomy with islet transplantation for chronic pancreatitis.
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15
Aug 2018
At the beginning of July 2018, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, has released an announcement about the upcoming changes about upcoming changes relating to the issuing of Export Certificates (FSC) and Manufacturing Certificates (MC).
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14
Aug 2018
On 6th of July, 2018, the European network for health technology assessment, EUnetHTA, has opened the public consultation on ‘Horizon Scanning, Topic Identification, Selection and Prioritisation for European Cooperation on HTA – Draft recommendations.’
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13
Aug 2018
Six new DRGs have been added for 2019, including proton therapy, insertion of functional implants in the urinary tract or male genitals and replacement of processor in cochleart implant.
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10
Aug 2018
An article “An early analysis of cost-utility of baroreflex activation therapy in advanced chronic heart failure in Germany” was published in the BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. The study concluded that Baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) using the Barostim neo™ device (CVRx Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) compared with optimized medical management in patients with advanced chronic heart failure (NYHA class III) who were not eligible for treatment with cardiac resynchronization therapy, can be cost-effective from a statutory health insurance perspective in Germany over a lifetime horizon. The ICER was €27,951/QALY (95% CI €21,357–82,970).
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10
Aug 2018
In April 2018, a national HTA program has been launched in order to re-evaluate benefits presently covered by the mandatory health insurance.
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09
Aug 2018
On June 29th, 2018, the company that maintains DRG system in Switzerland, SwissDRG SA, has announced that The planning version of SwissDRG (version 8.0 (2017/2019)) and the planning version of TARPSY (version 2.0 (2017/2019)) have been published.
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08
Aug 2018
In mid-June 2018, the Spanish Network of Agencies for Assessing National Health System Technologies and Performance (REDETS) has published a report which analyzes transbronchial lung biopsy using cryoprobes in diffused lung diseases.
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07
Aug 2018
The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. In June, new codes for genetic testing,including single gene tests and gene panel tests, next generation sequence and molecular profiling tests were added to the CCSD Schedule.
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06
Aug 2018
In April 2018, the French National Authority for Health (HAS) proposed an updated nomenclature in LPPR for foot orthosis and heel cup.
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