IGES hereby proposes key points for the design of the Innovation Fund. These are aimed at ensuring that the funds contributed by taxpayers serve to improve healthcare provision as effectively as possible. The selection of the best proposals should be free from vested interests or proportional representation rules. Since innovation requires creative freedom, it should be possible, despite the establishment of criteria, to support a wide variety of projects through the fund. The selection process must be open, as unbureaucratic as possible, and neutral; however, it must also be rigorous enough to prevent the funding of sham innovations that benefit individual actors, unlike in the past. Furthermore, the competitive nature of statutory health insurance suggests the application of competitive procedures for the Innovation Fund as well.
Below we present seven theses...

Authors: Häussler, Karsten Neumann, Martin Albrecht, Hans-Dieter Nolting, all IGES Institute

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