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Care
Others want to decide on care
The demand by CDU state leader Gordon Schnieder for a "fundamental reorganization" of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Nursing Chamber is evidence of shortsightedness and endangers the self-administration of nursing care and the quality of nursing care in Rhineland-Palatinate.
11.09.2025
Gesundheitspolitik
TK-Chef Baas zur Klage der Krankenkassen: „Ist eine Gerechtigkeitsfrage“
Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) is supporting the lawsuit brought by the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-SV) against the federal government, alleging that the federal government is not paying cost-covering contributions to health insurance funds for recipients of citizen's income. Together with other health insurance funds, the...
11.09.2025
Gesundheitspolitik
BVMed: „Gesundheit und MedTech stärker in den Fokus nehmen“
Der Bundesverband Medizintechnologie (BVMed) fordert anlässlich der „State of the Union“-Rede von EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen einen stärkeren Fokus auf Gesundheitsversorgung, Gesundheitswirtschaft und Medizintechnologien als Teil der Lösung. So fehle es in den ...
11.09.2025
Supply management
Grippeschutzimpfung in Apotheken: Pharma Deutschland begrüßt langfristige Sicherung der Impfangebote
Rechtzeitig zum Start der Impfsaison haben sich der Deutsche Apothekerverband (DAV) und der Spitzenverband der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV-SV) auf eine Vergütungsregelung für Grippeschutzimpfungen geeinigt, die dieses wichtige Präventionsangebot langfristig sichert. Der neue „Vertrag ...
11.09.2025
Care
Der 10. Leipziger Wundtag geht mit Besucher- und Ausstellerrekord zu Ende
Der Leipziger Wundtag 2025 ist in seiner zehnten Auflage mit einem neuen Besucher- und Ausstellerrekord zu Ende gegangen: Am vergangenen Dienstag kamen fast 300 Wundexperten sowie Fach- und Pflegetherapeuten in den Unternehmenssitz der Gesundheitsforen, mehr als 20 Aussteller waren Teil der ...
11.09.2025
Supply management
Zi Science Prize „Regionalized Healthcare Research 2026“ – Submissions now open
The Central Institute for Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Zi) is awarding its Zi Science Prize for "Regionalized Healthcare Research" for the 14th time. The prize recognizes outstanding scientific work investigating regional differences in healthcare provision...
11.09.2025
Care
Reimann on nursing care legislation: Bureaucratization and increased workload instead of deregulation for the health insurance funds
Dr. Carola Reimann, Chairwoman of the Board of the AOK Federal Association, comments on the Bundestag's first reading of the law on expanding powers and reducing bureaucracy in nursing care and the law introducing nursing assistants as follows:
11.09.2025
Care
The BKK umbrella organization welcomes initial steps to strengthen nursing care, but calls for more prevention.
On the occasion of the first reading of the "Law on Expanding Powers and Reducing Bureaucracy in Nursing Care" and the "Law on the Introduction of a Nationwide Standardized Training Program for Nursing Assistants (Nursing Assistant Introduction Act)" in the Bundestag, the BKK supports ...
11.09.2025
Gesundheitspolitik
eurocom member survey 2025: Decisive action needed to reduce bureaucracy
„"Bureaucratic hurdles are placing a massive burden on Germany's assistive technology sector. The negative assessment of the innovation climate is widening, and the shortage of skilled workers is causing increasing concern. Is a reliable supply of innovative and high-quality assistive devices for insured individuals to be guaranteed...?".
11.09.2025
study
New tobacco atlas published by the German Cancer Research Center
Where is smoking most prevalent in Germany? And does smoking behavior depend on educational attainment? Which age groups smoke cigarettes most frequently and use e-cigarettes most intensively? With the new edition of the Tobacco Atlas Germany, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the ...