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.

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'.

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, Eidmann et al. assessed the carbon emissions from eight orthopedic surgical procedures in Germany, utilizing the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

On July 1, 2025, the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (INAMI/RIZIV) updated Nomenclature to recognize the new professional title "orthopedic technologist", replacing the former specialties of "bandaging specialist" and "orthotist". Two Articles were repealed, and three new Articles have been introduced, detailing reimbursement for services in bandagery, orthotics, prosthetics, and orthopedic footwear services.

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, Mamiya et al. conducted a systematic review to examine how productivity gain or loss is measured in health economic evaluations, aiming to identify the most widely used instruments and their properties.

On July 1, 2025, the revised EBM (German Uniform Evaluation Standard) catalog for the third quarter of 2025 came into force. The main changes introduced concern updates of the contents (services legends, preambles of several EBM subchapters) and the introduction of new EBM codes for the reimbursement of transmitters for telemonitoring and telemedical monitoring of implantable cardiac devices, as well as codes for the services provided within the co-funded study on low-dose pulsed ultrasound for pseudarthrosis.

MTRC is pleased to present the 2025 European MedTech Market Access Playbook - your annual, refresh‑and‑reuse roadmap to every EU reimbursement deadline.

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Heeg et al. proposed a systematic framework to define biologically and clinically plausible survival extrapolations, addressing inconsistencies in current health technology assessments (HTA).

MTRC is pleased to announce the release of its latest White Paper: “Case study: Market Size Analysis for Mechanical Intracranial Thrombectomy in Europe”. The report highlights the role of procedure and diagnosis coding data in evaluating market size and demonstrates the methodologies of how the administrative databases from multiple European countries – the French CCAM, German OPS and Spanish CIE-10-ES – can be used to quantify real-world procedure volumes, characterize types of devices used and with that potential reimbursement pathways for the new technology.

Driven by the substantial productivity growth and increase in the size of the team, MTRC now offers a flexible, three-tier system - Start-up, Basic, and Comprehensive, for health economic models to medical device, in-vitro diagnostic, and digital technology companies. With competitive entry-level pricing of just €13,500 and €21,500, now is the perfect time to equip your team with an impactful health economic argument to power your market access and commercial success across Europe and globally.

Driven by the substantial productivity growth and increase in the size of the team, MTRC now offers a flexible, three-tier system - Start-up, Basic, and Comprehensive, for creating value dossiers tailored to medical devices, IVD tests, and digital technologies. With competitive entry-level pricing of just €12,500 and €19,500, now is the perfect time to equip your team with an impactful dossier to power your market access and commercial success across Europe and globally.

On June 30, 2025, NHS England released a draft summary of core changes between OPCS-4.10 and OPCS-4.11, a procedure coding classification updated every three years. Multiple changes are proposed, including 64 new three-character (category) codes and 568 new four-character (subcategory) codes. The final summary is scheduled for publication on November 1, 2025, with OPCS-4.11 set to take effect on April 1, 2026.