Services of MTRC

Our goal at MTRC is to inform the decision-making of our clients and to support their market access activities. Below is a snapshot of our planned activities for the next two weeks. This can help our existing and prospective clients to better understand the potential scope of our support. From the week of the 26th of August, we are planning to work on 19 projects. Review the full list of planned activities in this post.

Our goal at MTRC is to inform the decision-making of our clients and to support their market access activities. Below is a snapshot of our planned activities for the next two weeks. This can help our existing and prospective clients to better understand the potential scope of our support. From the week of the 12th of August, we are planning to work on 19 projects. Review the full list of planned activities in this post.

Our goal at MTRC is to inform the decision-making of our clients and to support their market access activities. Below is a snapshot of our planned activities for the next two weeks. This can help our existing and prospective clients to better understand the potential scope of our support. From the week of 29th of July, we are planning to work on 21 projects. Review the full list of planned activities in this post.

MTRC developed an analytical White Paper with a summary of key market access elements of EU5 countries, including stakeholders, payment mechanisms, innovative payment schemes, funding, and the role of HTA for in-vitro diagnostic tests.

In a new White Paper, MTRC identified evidence requirements for the creation of CCAM codes for diagnostic (non-IVD) procedures performed by physicians based on an analysis of four recent HAS reports with positive and negative recommendations. The analysis was performed in February 2024.

Market access is a rapidly changing field and the landscape varies for different types of medical technologies. To provide an additional, easy-to-access source of high-level information about key themes in the market access landscape and challenges for individual types of medical technologies, MTRC launched a dedicated Knowledge Zone on the website. Currently, the Knowledge Zone includes information about procedure coding, payment mechanisms, policy considerations, HTA, and future challenges for market access for 12 types of medical technologies. In the coming weeks, the Zone will expand 40 key technology groups

In a new White Paper, MTRC identified evidence requirement pitfalls that act as a barrier to listing in the LPPR based on analyzing five recent HAS reports with negative recommendations from different medical disciplines. The analysis was performed in January 2024.

MTRC released several short (2-4 minutes) educational videos on its YouTube channel: “Three common market access barriers for medical technologies”, “Reimbursement models and incentives for healthcare providers”, “How to spot a well-functioning DRG system?” and “Market access challenges for different types of medical technologies”. Videos can be of interest to an audience of both market access professionals and those new to the field of reimbursement, funding, HTA and market access for medical technologies in Europe.

In a new White Paper, MTRC identified evidence requirements for national add-on reimbursement via the LPPR List process based on analysis of five recent HAS reports with positive recommendations. Cases included technologies with different levels of added clinical value (II, III, IV, and V). A review of five cases is followed by recommendations in relation to evidence generation for medical technologies in France, and factors influencing the decision-making of HAS. The analysis was performed in February 2024.

MTRC is re-starting the release of educational videos on its YouTube channel. Videos will cover a wide range of topics, including reimbursement, funding, health technology assessment, and clinical and economic evidence requirements for medical technologies in European countries.

MTRC maintains a page with free, brief summaries of the market access landscape for medical technologies and in-vitro diagnostic tests in European countries, the Knowledge Zone. The intention of the Knowledge Zone is to become an easily accessible reference material to our clients about payment systems for medical technologies in Europe. The current version of the Knowledge Zone includes information about 30 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Wales. For each country, information is provided about key market access challenges, payment mechanisms, funding and HTA barriers, and specifics of reimbursement of in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests.

Health technology assessment plays an important role in market access for medical technologies in England. NICE's early value assessment (EVA) program in medical technology, launched in 2022, assesses mostly digital technologies at an early stage in evidence generation. The program recommends the most promising technologies for use in the NHS while further evidence is being generated. NICE focuses on clinical effectiveness, safety, cost, and cost-effectiveness of the technologies. In this White Paper, MTRC performed a review of five recent EVA assessments by NICE to present the evidence requirements for digital and diagnostic medical technologies in this particular HTA program. A review of five cases is followed by recommendations in relation to evidence generation for medical technologies, market access in England, and factors influencing the decision-making of NICE.