Assessment of the implementation of the position on Flash Glucose Monitoring by the Dutch Healthcare Institute

The Dutch Healthcare Institute (ZIN) published the Position on Flash Glucose Monitoring (FGM) for people with diabetes with an intensive insulin schedule in 2019. In this position, the ZIN concluded that FGM as a medical aid must be reimbursed under the basic insurance package for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with an intensive insulin schedule.

Currently, the following questions are considered under the ZIN evaluation:

• Have the quality criteria for appropriate use of the FGM been worked out before the end of the second quarter of 2020? Have the quality criteria of the FGM and rt-CGM been adjusted?
• What are the developments in costs, volume, and the number of patients eligible for FGM (reader and sensor)? Is it in line with the estimate of the position?
• What are the developments in costs, volume, and the number of patients eligible for rt-CGM? Is it in line with the estimate of the position?
• What are the developments in costs, volume, and the number of patients eligible for test strips? Is it in line with the estimate of the position?
• Will the selling price of the FGM decrease as its use increases?
• Is compliance with the quality criteria ensured, and how is it done?

The publication of the results of the first interim assessment is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2021.

The full details in Dutch can be found here.

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