Medicproof gets more tasks

28.07.2010 09:46

Medicproof, the subsidiary of the PKV Association for medical reports, is facing a significant expansion of its tasks. In the future, the company will also carry out quality inspections of care facilities, for which a new department is currently being set up. According to the proportion of privately insured people in the population, Medicproof will inspect around 10 percent of the care facilities in Germany in the future.

With this step, the PKV Association is continuing its independent course in terms of care quality, which began with the founding of the Compass care consultation and the “Center for Quality in Care” foundation.

To date, Medicproof has primarily dealt with determining the need for care of privately insured people and assigning them to a care level. This makes the Cologne-based company the counterpart to the medical service of the statutory health insurance (MDK) when it comes to long-term care insurance.

Medicproof currently works with almost 900 freelance medical assessors and nursing specialists nationwide. The expansion of Medicproof's tasks is accompanied by a new management structure and the establishment of a supervisory board. In June 2010, Dr. Ulrike Diedrich took over the management of Medicproof GmbH. She is a licensed doctor and “Master of Public Health” (MPH). Diedrich has been a member of Medicproof's management board since 2003.

July 28, 2010