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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.
05
Apr 2018

The Federal Joint Committee started the process of selection of evaluator of two government co-sponsored studies

The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has published two calls for tenders in the Official Journal of the European Union to select evaluator for two coverage with evidence development studies for pulmonary artery pressure measurement and monitoring using an implanted sensor to optimize therapy in NYHA class III heart failure and allogeneic stem cell transplantation for front-line treatment of multiple myeloma.