Category: News
Test result for BKK Pfalz positive / activity report from the nationwide financial regulator for 2011 is available
As every summer, the Federal Insurance Office (BVA), the financial regulator for all health insurance companies operating nationwide, presented its 2011 activity report.
16.08.2012
BPI fordert: Kostendämpfung auf ein vertretbares Maß reduzieren!
Den von Johann Magnus von Stackelberg, Vizevorsitzender des GKV-Spitzenverbandes im heutigen Handelsblatt-Interview getroffenen Aussagen bezüglich der frühen Nutzenbewertung widerspricht der Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie (BPI) aufs Schärfste. Die Behauptung, die bisherige frühe ...
16.08.2012
spectrumK publishes fourth generics tender
The healthcare provider spectrumK has published a tender for generic medicines for the fourth time in the EU Official Journal of August 11, 2012, under references 2012/S 154-257137 and 2012/S154-257146. This time, the 43 active ingredients again include new generic medicines, such as...
16.08.2012
Country doctor wanted – The people of Woldeg are puzzled about the shortage of doctors
Is their town perhaps simply too unknown, so that no new family doctors can be found? The people of Woldegk are puzzling over this. | In a joint initiative, Ärzte Zeitung and the AOK Federal Association are campaigning for a rural doctor to quickly settle there. At the end of May, the...
16.08.2012
STADA continues partnership with Eintracht Frankfurt
The Bad Vilbel-based pharmaceutical manufacturer STADA and Eintracht Frankfurt will continue their partnership into the coming season. The company has been a sponsor of the Frankfurt football team since the 2007/2008 season. The focus of the sponsorship activities...
16.08.2012
It's not just about a waste of money, but about the arbitrariness of the statutory health insurance companies!
The Federal Insurance Office denounces the waste in statutory health insurance companies. The individual examples listed are hair-raising. But they are just the tip of the iceberg.
16.08.2012
Manipulation and mismanagement: Health insurance companies waste premium money
Dr. Dirk Heinrich, the federal chairman of the NAV-Virchow Association, calls for more responsible use of contributions to statutory health insurance (SHI). "Those who constantly point the finger at doctors, make sweeping accusations, and portray themselves as...
16.08.2012
The general local health insurance funds (AOKs) and Dexcel Pharma GmbH (DPG) have mutually settled their disagreements regarding the termination of the metformin discount agreements. DPG has agreed to the termination of the metformin discount agreements for reasons that...
14.08.2012
Strong in community against diabetes mellitus
There are approximately 70,000 to 100,000 self-help groups in Germany, but only about 800 to 1,500 of them focus on diabetes. Approximately six million people in this country alone suffer from this metabolic disease. Self-help and self-organization are essential for many people with type 1 diabetes and...
14.08.2012
VdK criticizes draft law to strengthen old-age security
Ulrike Mascher, President of the German Social Association (VdK Deutschland), described the draft bill presented by Federal Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen to strengthen retirement security as "inadequate." "Even the amended legislative package contains few effective solutions that...