German device industry demands DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) system clarity
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Transparency and flexibility must be paramount if the DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) system is to be a success, claims the German industry association for medical devices (BVMed). In a letter written in response to the government's "draft law on the introduction of the DRG system for hospitals", BVMed said that the system must remain flexible so that innovative products could be included and the "holes which will inevitably appear during the introductory stages of the flat-rate reimbursement catalogue can be appropriately filled".