Skip to main content

News and blog posts

20
Apr 2018

Regulation about coding for CytoSorb in Switzerland

On 5th of April, 2018, the Board of Directors of SwissDRG SA has given the director the mandate to establish, where appropriate, codifications by analogy in agreement with the Federal Statistics Office (FSO). The regulation from April of 2018 covers CytoSorb for removal of cytokines.
17
Apr 2018

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has selected four topics for development of HTA reports in 2018-2019

The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has selected four out of 31 themes for the future health technology assessments, which were proposed by the citizens at the web-site of ThemenCheck Medizin service and will presumably be published at the beginning of 2019. The next process of topics’ selection will start in August of 2018.
11
Apr 2018

MTRC has released 8 European reimbursement reports for radiotherapy

Eight reimbursement reports with the total size of 882 pages cover the most common radiotherapy modalities including brachytherapy, 3D conformal radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), image-guided radiotherapy, proton therapy. The analysis covers procedure coding, payment mechanism, reimbursement tariffs and policy restrictions in 12 EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.