German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA)
06
Feb 2020
The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has updated the nationwide requirements for disease management programs (DMP) for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The current DMP contracts must then be adjusted to the new requirements within one year of the decision coming into force. Around 225,000 legally insured patients are currently enrolled in a DMP for type 1 diabetes.
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11
Nov 2019
On the 19th of September 2019, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) concluded on the possible applications and limits of non-invasive molecular genetic tests (NIPT) at the expense of the statutory health insurance (SHI). The decision provides that a NIPT can be used in justified individual cases and after medical consultation.
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13
Sep 2019
Patients suffering from recurrent or long-lasting depression can be treated within a structured treatment program (Disease Management Program, DMP) in the future. The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) decided on the 15th of August 2019 the details on the content of the new DMP after more than three years of consulting.
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30
May 2019
The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has signed a further contract for scientific monitoring and implementation of a trial study for NYHA III heart failure therapy optimization by means of continuous blood pressure measurement and monitoring using an implanted sensor in the pulmonary artery.
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27
May 2019
Statutory health insured with chronic back pain can benefit in the future from a structured treatment program (Disease Management Program, DMP), as the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) outlined on 18th of April the substantive requirements for the new DMP.
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21
Mar 2019
During November-December 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has introduced an organized screening program for the early detection of cervical cancer and initiated consultation procedure for prostate cancer screening.
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14
Sep 2018
In July of 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has initiated the discussion regarding the establishment of the minimum quantity requirements for the surgical treatment of breast cancer and bronchial carcinoma. As the quality of surgery is directly dependent on the quantity, the number of operations performed at hospital and on the designated surgeon, the objective is to understand the importance of the experience and routine practice of the operations to reach the successful treatment outcomes and to determine a minimum number of operations, which should be performed in hospitals to gain enough experience.
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11
Sep 2018
At the end of June of 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has commissioned to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) to provide an update of the Disease Management Program (DMP) for Diabetes Mellitus type 2 in order to perform a systematic research, make a selection of guidelines based on methodological criteria and extract guideline recommendations relevant for the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus type 2. The final report is expected to be released on the 31st of December, 2019.
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23
Aug 2018
At the beginning of July of 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has commissioned to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) to provide an assessment of potential harm and benefits of biomarker-based tests for or against adjuvant chemotherapy in primary breast to understand its efficacy in comparison with the previous standard examinations in women who do not require chemotherapy due to a low/intermediate risk of relapse. The final report is expected to be released by G-BA at the end of 2018.
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03
Jul 2018
In April of 2018, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has published an update for the report V14-03 “Systematic guideline search and appraisal, as well as extraction of relevant recommendations, for a disease management program (DMP) for osteoporosis” from 2016 in order to find additional evidence on integrated concepts of medical and physical rehabilitation. However, no new information was identified and included into the report.
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22
Jun 2018
On the 23rd of May of 2018, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has published an update version of the report “Colorectal cancer screening in persons with familial risk”, which was commissioned to IQWiG by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) in October of 2017 to provide an answer, whether people under 55 years of age with a family history of colorectal cancer benefit from a screening test. Like the previous report, the current one therefore concluded that the benefit of screening for under 55-year-olds with a family history of colorectal cancer is unclear.
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07
Jun 2018
In May of 2018, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) approved two additional indications for application of PET/CT for management of malignant lymphomas for coverage within statutory health insurance. As the procedures were included into Directive for methods and examinations and Directive methods of the contract medical care, they are now reimbursed in both hospital and out-patient settings.
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