One year AOK family doctor program in Baden-Württemberg

12.10.2009 17:40

Contractual partners take stock

Around a year after the start of the first comprehensive family doctor contract in Germany without the involvement of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV), the contracting partners are drawing a positive interim conclusion. In May 2008, AOK Baden-Württemberg, the German Association of General Practitioners and the MEDI Association signed the “icebreaker agreement”, which was met with massive criticism and resistance from medical bodies and individual doctor groups.

Since July 1, 2008, both doctors and insured persons have been able to join the contract on a voluntary basis. So far, 600,000 AOK policyholders and over 3,000 doctors have already declared their participation.

Further information on the topic can be found at www.aok-bw-presse.de