vdek wants information requirement for additional benefits

25.05.2016 08:43

The Association of Replacement Funds e. On the occasion of the 119th German Doctors' Day from May 24th to 27th, 2016 in Hamburg, V. (vdek) appeals to the medical profession to focus more on the issue of the benefits and cost-effectiveness of prescribing new, high-priced medications. The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) must work to ensure that the results are finally stored regularly in the doctors' practice software, in a compressed form that is suitable for everyday practice.

“As the licenser of doctor information systems, the KBV has the opportunity to ensure that this important information is made available to doctors in the software,” explained Ulrike Elsner, CEO of vdek. The information about additional benefits is the basis for high-quality care for the insured.

The CEO appealed to politicians to make the publication of the results of the early benefit assessment mandatory by law. She was critical of politicians' plans to forego the public listing of the reimbursement price. “Doctors need this information in order to be able to prescribe economically. The legislature must ensure that they continue to be available to them in the future.”

The vdek board chairwoman also called on the medical societies to regularly anchor the results of the early benefit assessment in their guidelines. Elsner: “This must become standard in the interests of the insured. It is important that the results are included in the guidelines promptly after publication in order to promote medical action based on high-quality, evidence-based findings.”