German sickness funds oppose DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) law amendment
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The leading groups of the German statutory health insurance funds (GKV) last week voiced opposition to the government's proposed amendments to the DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) law (see Clinica No 988, p 5). Any moves to give responsibility for hospital supplementary payments to individual states would cause confusion and result in contribution rate rises, claims the GKV.