MArS goes Clubhouse! Digitalisation in the German health care system!?!

Are DiGAs and the Hospital Future Act sufficient to lead Germany digitally to the top?

Join the discussion at Clubhouse with our co-hosts Ariane Schenk (Bitkom), Prof. Dr. David Matusiewicz (FOM), Timo Frank (Ada Health) and Dr. Mike Christian Papenhoff (BG Klinikum Duisburg) as well as Dr. Stefan Walzer and Lutz Vollmer (both MArS).

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Webinar: Covid-19 in Europe – Germany ahead of others, but when will the second wave come and how will this potentially look like?

Germany has been seen at the forefront of the Covid-19 control and outcomes. The situation until end May is very promising with a reproduction number below one and new infections below 800 per day. Few hotspots have been identified and lock-down measures have been relaxed to a maximum. However, a core question remains: Not if, but when will a second wave of Covid-19 come and how will this potentially look like.

The MArS Covid-19 task force will present to you some realistic simulation scenarios based on epidemiological evidence.

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New Webinar on Covid-19 and digitalization on May 28 2020

The covid-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on daily life of populations and health care systems. Due to physical distancing as a core policy, digitalization is a main opportunity also in health care. At the same time the new law for digitalization in health care (DiGA) was made effective In Germany.

The MArS Covid-19 task force will show you in this webinar:

  • How digitalization has changed the health care system
  • The different pathways for digitalization solutions to the German market

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Market access of health apps for public health insurances in Germany – coming soon

The digital care act passed the German parliament and includes especially also the reimbursement of health care apps by German statutory health insurance funds. The process for market access will include an evaluation and registration at the German registration institution BfArM and thereafter a price negotiation with the Head Association of the Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-SV). How these various steps will be detailed is still open. However, now the milestones are made public when the process steps will be published.

  • The draft legal framework will be published by the Ministry of Health in January. There will also be the opportunity of commenting the draft.
  • BfArM guidance on the details about the process, procedure, method and requirements are bing Mae available in February
  • The final framework and BfArM guidance is planned to be available in March 2020
  • From April 2020 onwards the BfArM online platform as well as the option for consultations will be up and running and also fast track submissions are then possible.

So, get started and prepared for reimbursement of digital apps in Germany.

MArS has experience in the AMNOG process which might be quite similar to the BfArM process and especially the price negotiations with the GKV-SV. MArS has also developed the MArS Negotiation Boot Camp utilizing latest technology including Virtual Reality in order to be optimally prepared for a successful price negotiation. Contact us!