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14
Apr 2025

Draft Order amending the Common Package of Benefits of the Spanish National Health System

In March 2025, the Draft Order amending the Common Package of Benefits of the National Health System and some other related legislative orders were released for public consultation. The Draft Order focuses on updating public health and primary care services, expanding neonatal and cancer screenings, improving equity in access to in-vitro fertilization, refining rehabilitation definitions, including patients in genetic advisory bodies, and modifying the system for ortho-prosthetic products.
11
Apr 2025

Recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France in March 2025

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) has released new recommendations regarding add-on reimbursement for medical devices and medical aids following the March 2025 meetings of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Six favorable opinions were published concerning the registration of new devices or modifying conditions/indications for existing ones in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR). The recommendations relate to devices in the fields of cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, endocrine, neuromodulation, and medical aids.
04
Mar 2025

Recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France in February 2025

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) has released new recommendations about add-on reimbursement of medical devices and medical aids from the February 2025 meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Sixteen favorable opinions 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). They relate to cardiovascular and peripheral vascular, neurovascular, endocrinology, interventional radiology, nephrology and urology, orthopedic devices, and medical aids.
10
Feb 2025

Recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France in January 2025

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) has released new recommendations about add-on reimbursement of medical devices and medical aids from the January 2025 meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Seventeen favorable opinions 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). They relate to cardiovascular, endocrine, e-health, interventional radiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedic devices, and medical aids.
05
Dec 2024

Updates in the coverage of medical services in Switzerland in 2025

On December 2, 2024, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health published the changes that will occur to the Healthcare Benefit Ordinance (KLV/OPre), which determines coverage of medical services in Switzerland. The updates will enter into force on January 1, 2025, and they relate to the list of explicitly evaluated services (Annex 1 of KLV/OPre), outpatient-before-hospital services (Annex 1a), List of Tools and Equipment (Annex 2), and the List of Analyses (Annex 3).
08
Nov 2024

Recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France in October 2024

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.
08
Oct 2024

Recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France in September 2024

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.
04
Oct 2024

A regular update of the Danish SKS coding system from October 2024

The Danish Health Data Authority quarterly updates the Health Care Classification System (SKS). The updated version was published in mid-September 2024 to come into force on October 1, 2024. Eight new medical procedure codes and one new code for diagnostic investigations were introduced concerning obstetrics and gynecology, extracorporeal treatments, spine, cardiovascular, e-health, diagnostic imaging, and some other fields.
05
Aug 2024

Recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France in July 2024

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 July 2024. Nine recommendations were published concerning the registration of medical devices in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR). Opinions concern cardiovascular, neurovascular, interventional radiology, nephrology and urology, orthopedic, endocrine devices, and in-vitro diagnostic tests, as well as medical aids.