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18
Jul 2025

MTRC has released a White Paper "Evidence requirements for AI-based technologies in Europe"

MTRC has released a White Paper titled "Evidence requirements for AI-based technologies in Europe." This Paper reviews evidence requirements for AI-based technologies as identified in five recent European HTA assessments, including urgent-care fracture detection (NICE, UK), hyperacute stroke imaging (NICE, UK), colonoscopic polyp detection (Danish Health Technology Council), and breast cancer screening programs (OSTEBA in Spain and SBU in Sweden).
17
Jul 2025

NICE implemented a new HealthTech program in England

On July 14, 2025, NICE published a HealthTech program manual. A new program will combine the former Medical Technologies Evaluation and Diagnostic Assessment programs and the Interventional Procedures program. The HealthTech program will produce two types of guidance: HealthTech guidance for devices, diagnostics, and digital products, and Interventional Procedures guidance. A life-cycle approach will be utilized for assessment and recommendations: early use, routine use, and existing use (late stage assessment).
16
Jul 2025

Sustainability Publication Digest: Using Chronic Kidney Disease as a Model Framework to Estimate Healthcare-Related Environmental Impact

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Sustainability Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Garcia Sanchez et al. developed a framework to quantify the environmental impacts of a disease care pathway, using chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a model.
15
Jul 2025

Health Economic Publication Digest: A Comprehensive View of the Methods Used to Measure the Societal Impact of Healthcare Interventions: A Systematic Review

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Health Economic Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Seddik et al. systematically reviewed the approaches used to measure the societal impact of healthcare interventions to clarify concepts and establish a comprehensive analytical framework.
15
Jul 2025

Updates of the Belgian List of reimbursable devices in June 2025

In June 2025, Belgian INAMI/RIZIV updated the List of implants and invasive medical devices. Four new reimbursement codes were added to the List in relation to heart valve replacement. Several Nominative lists of brands were updated as well in the fields of neuromodulation, neurovascular, orthopedic, and cardiovascular.
14
Jul 2025

The 2026 DRG (LKF) model was announced in Austria

On June 30, 2025, the document "Changes and innovations in the 2026 LKF model" (Änderungen und Neuerungen in den LKF-Modellen 2026) was published. The document summarizes the most significant changes and innovations in the LKF model for inpatient and outpatient care. The procedure codes expected to be introduced in 2026 mainly concern e-health, endoscopy, interventional radiology, orthopedics, pulmonology, and robotic fields.
14
Jul 2025

Bi-weekly snapshot of market access and HEOR project work at 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 understand the potential scope of our support better. From the week of July 14th, we plan to work on 19 projects. Review the complete list of planned activities in this post.
11
Jul 2025

Initiated and published mini-HTAs in Norway since early 2025

Since January 2025, three MedTech-related mini-HTAs were initiated in the areas of men’s health, in-vitro diagnostics, and diagnostic imaging as a part of a framework for the managed introduction of innovations "New Methods" in Norway. Furthermore, 11 mini-HTAs were published in this period, including cardiovascular, e-health, gastrointestinal, men’s health, and spine areas.
10
Jul 2025

10 Year Health Plan for England released

On July 3, 2025, the UK Government published the 10 Year Health Plan for England as part of its mission to build a health service fit for the future. It sets out how the government will reinvent the NHS through three radical shifts - hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention. This transition will be supported by a new NHS operating model, improved transparency of care quality, a redesigned workforce model, innovation to power transformation, and a new financial foundation. Five transformative technologies will drive reform: data, AI, genomics, wearables, and robotics. Other MedTech-related initiatives include expanding NICE's technology appraisals to devices, diagnostics, and digital products and implementing the 'Innovator passport'.