The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations on the registration of medical devices and medical aids in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR) following the September 2025 meetings of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Four favourable opinions were issued concerning add-on reimbursement for medical devices in the cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, interventional radiology, and spine fields.

On September 22, 2025, the final version of the document "Changes and innovations in the 2026 LKF model" was published. The main changes include the addition of 32 new procedure codes, the introduction of 19 procedure codes for billing in the day case settings, an update of case flat rates, and adjustments to the calculation of daily and procedural components per case. New procedure codes mainly concern e-health, endoscopy, interventional radiology, orthopedics, and pulmonology fields. No new DRGs were introduced, and two new provisional (NUB) codes were added.

On September 17, 2025, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband) announced that they had reached an agreement in financing negotiations concerning outpatient care.

In September 2025, the Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) awarded eighteen projects under the first round of the Medical Specialist Care and Research program concerning e-health, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and interventional radiology areas.

As of September 2025, the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services is working on health technology assessments in several areas, including in-vitro diagnostics, e-health, and gynecology procedures.

In August 2025, Health Technology Wales (HTW) accomplished two full appraisals on long-length peripheral intravenous catheters (LPCs) for difficult intravenous access and photo-plethysmography for managing atrial fibrillation. In addition, two Med Tech-related Topic Exploration Reports were published in the radiotherapy and e-health fields.

MTRC is seeking an experienced Evidence Synthesis Specialist to contribute to our evidence synthesis projects, including systematic reviews and value dossiers, in the evolving field of medical devices.

On September 10, 2025, the French National Authority for Health (HAS) published its evaluation principles for the reimbursement of digital medical devices via the list of medical telemonitoring activities (LATM) and advanced reimbursement for therapeutic and telemonitoring digital medical devices (PECAN). The HAS has also updated evaluation principles for reimbursement of medical devices for individual use via the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR), Intra-DRG (Intra-GHS) List, and transitional support (PECT).

In the third quarter of 2025, the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System (AOTMiT) initiated six Med Tech-related assessments in diagnostic imaging, endocrine, in-vitro diagnostics, nephrology and urology, and robotic surgery fields.

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 understand the potential scope of our support better. From the week of September 22nd, we plan to work on 25 projects. Review the complete list of planned activities in this post.

On August 19, 2025, NHS England announced that most integrated care boards (ICBs, local commissioners) will coordinate their work by gathering in clusters. Thirteen clusters, each comprising two to three ICBs, will be established by the end of 2025, while thirteen ICBs will continue to operate independently.