vdek presents IGES report on the innovation fund

16.05.2015 22:49

According to the federal government's wishes, the health insurance companies are to provide the planned innovation fund with 300 million euros annually from 2016. Money intended to promote new forms of care and health care research. No wonder that claims are already being made from many sides. But according to what criteria should the funds be distributed? Who should benefit? Many questions are still open.

The Association of Replacement Funds e. V. (vdek) commissioned a report from the IGES Institute and, based on this, developed concepts as to how the fund can be designed sensibly. The results will be presented at this year's vdek Future Forum on June 30, 2015 under the motto "Innovation Fund - How does the future get into the fund?"

To introduce the event, Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, deputy leader of the SPD parliamentary group, and Prof. Josef Hecken, impartial chairman of the Joint Federal Committee (G-BA), presented their expectations for the implementation of the fund. Dr. Karsten Neumann, Managing Director of the IGES Institute, then presents the results of the report on key questions regarding the design of the innovation fund. Finally, they discuss together with Ulrike Elsner, the CEO of the vdek, Dr. Markus Müschenich, board member of the Federal Association of Internet Medicine (BiM), and Professor Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann, Managing Director of the Institute for Community Medicine at the University of Greifswald, the vdek's suggestions.