France

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations about add-on reimbursement of medical devices and medical aids from the December 2024 meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Three favorable opinions were published concerning the registration of new medical devices in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR). They relate to breast reconstruction and medical aids.

On December 24, 2024, the decision of the National Union of Health Insurance Funds (UNCAM) regarding the update of the CCAM Classification of procedure codes was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic. Changes include registration of three new procedure codes, modification of billing notes for certain procedures, and amendment of modifiers. The updates are expected to come into force on February 1, 2025.

On November 29, 2024, the Ministry of Health and Access to Care published an Order outlining the requirements for application files to request coverage of innovative biology or pathology procedures within the new RIHN 2.0 framework. The Order concerns the application file model and list of supporting documents for coverage requests

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations about add-on reimbursement of medical devices and medical aids from the November 2024 meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Two recommendations were published concerning the registration of new medical devices in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR). Opinions were related to breast reconstruction and medical aids.

In mid-November 2024, a new version of the classification of procedure codes (CCAM v.77), effective from January 1, 2025, was published. No new codes were introduced. The main changes concerned the tariff rules for procedures and their applications for doctors, as well as the modification of tariffs for 31 dental procedures.

On November 17, 2024, the French Ministry of Health and Access to Care published an Order in the Official Journal of the French Republic on the support and reimbursement of reinforced care pathways – a direct outcome of the experimental projects under Article 51 of the Social Security Financing Act of 2018, which aimed to innovate healthcare delivery and financing models. The new framework aims to enhance the coordination and quality of care for patients with complex health needs and provides financing for coordinated care projects.

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations about add-on reimbursement of medical devices and medical aids from the meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS) in October 2024. Ten recommendations were published concerning the registration or modification of registration conditions/extension of indications for the medical devices in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR). Opinions concern cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, neurovascular, and interventional radiology devices, as well as medical aids.

In October 2024, the Finnish Coordinating Center for Health Technology Assessment released a report aiming to summarize the results of the comparative analysis of Finnish Digi-HTA and French Early coverage of digital medical devices framework (PECAN) assessment criteria. The analysis focuses on the frameworks' general aspects and the cybersecurity requirements.

At the beginning of October 2024, the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Solidarity published the amounts awarded for the Health Economic Research Program (PRME) projects submitted in 2023 and selected for funding.

On October 9, 2024, the new version of the Nomenclature of Medical Biology Procedures (NABM 93) was released in France. Changes included the introduction of five new codes and wording modifications for several codes.

In October 2024, the updated version of the intra-DRG list was published in France. Three new devices were registered in the cardiovascular and neurovascular fields. Furthermore, one device was removed from the list, and the registration conditions for several devices were changed.

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations about add-on reimbursement of medical devices and medical aids from the meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS) in September 2024. Five recommendations were published concerning the registration or modification of registration conditions/extension of indications for the medical devices in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR). Opinions concern endocrine and spine devices, as well as medical aids.