French expand list of high-tech products reimbursed outside DRG (diagnosis-related group):
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The French health ministry has published a decree expanding the list of cardiology devices that are reimbursed separately to the diagnosis-related group (DRG) scheme in public and not-for-profit hospitals. The listing concerns a high-tech pacemaker (code 3410388) and defibrillators (codes 3469016, 3483134 and 3447530).