Netherlands

In March 2024, the Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) awarded subsidies under HTA Methodology Program for 2021-2024 for five projects intended for the development of a methodology for assessing technologies used in non-curative care.

In January 2024, the Dutch Healthcare Institute (ZIN) published an update of the “Guideline for conducting health economic evaluations”.

Dutch Healthcare Institute (ZIN) implemented the MedTech Horizon Scan to gain a better insight into the arrival of medical technological innovations).

On December 21, 2023, the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) issued a draft release of the DRG package for 2025, including new procedure codes, new diagnosis codes, and several new DRGs. These changes concern gynecology, cardiology, gene therapy and other technology groups.

On January 01, 2024, the Dutch Healthcare Institute (ZIN) published the updated list of medical procedures reimbursed under basic health insurance with restrictions or limitations. The procedures that were newly introduced to the list concern pulmonary, gynecology and ENT procedures, as well as genetic testing.

In December 2023, the Dutch Healthcare Institute (ZIN) published two coverage positions on high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in patients with essential tremor with positive recommendation for coverage under basic insurance package, and on radiotherapy with magnetic resonance linear accelerator, which was not recommended for coverage under the basic insurance package.

On November 08, 2023, the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) published 2024 update of the Digital Care Funding Guide, which describes the possibilities in the funding of digital care depending on the healthcare sector (primary care, medical specialist care, long-term care, etc.).

In October 2023, the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) published a policy rule that defines the amount for academic care contribution and the rules for its allocation in 2024. The policy rule aims to determine the reimbursement for costs that arise for certain healthcare providers because they permanently maintain facilities (staff and infrastructure) that enable them to provide highly specialized and innovative care linked to fundamental patient-centered research.

In October 2022, the Dutch Healthcare Institute (ZIN) launched the project “Continued development of coverage management: Implementation of the use of disease models”, which will run for three years to gain more knowledge about the development and application of disease models for the assessment of technologies for coverage within basic health insurance.

On September 21, 2023, the Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) announced the submission of grant applications for the development or validation of methodology for labor deployment measurement and evaluation under the 2021-2024 HTA Methodology Program. The submission of grant applications will continue until January 9, 2024.

On September 28, 2023, the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) published the second release of the DRG package for 2024 (RZ24b). One new procedure code, two new supplementary payments, and three new DRGs will be implemented across in-vitro diagnostics, urology, and cardiovascular technology groups.

In July 2023, Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) awarded 13 projects under the 2024 Round of the Efficiency Research program, including four projects in surgery, two projects for imaging diagnostics and one project on the AI-based algorithms in emergency settings.