e-Learning: Fundamentals of the German Healthcare System
Players, functions and regulatory instruments of the SHI system
- Compact and easy to understand: the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) system explained
- Including reflection exercises and learning checks (*)
- Officially certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 21001
eLearning
Ab
490,00 €
zzgl. MwSt.
Leistungen & Ablauf
Veranstaltung - 490,-€ zzgl. MwSt.
The fee for a single account that is valid for 90 days is €490 (excluding German VAT). You can access the modules/single lessons as often as you want during this time. You will be awarded a certificate of completion at the end.
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Available anytime
You can find your e-learning access in your customer portal; it is valid for 90 days from the date of invoicing. During this time, you can access the modules as often as you like.
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eLearning
Ab
490,00 €
zzgl. MwSt.
Leistungen & Ablauf
Veranstaltung - 490,-€ zzgl. MwSt.
The fee for a single account that is valid for 90 days is €490 (excluding German VAT). You can access the modules/single lessons as often as you want during this time. You will be awarded a certificate of completion at the end.
Period:
Available anytime
You can find your e-learning access in your customer portal; it is valid for 90 days from the date of invoicing. During this time, you can access the modules as often as you like.
This high-quality e-learning offers you a well-founded and flexible introduction to the fundamentals of the German healthcare system, covering the players, functions and regulatory instruments of the Statutory Health Insurance.
Your expert
Nadine Witt
Sträter Lawyers,
Bonn, Germany
Lawyer; focus areas: Pharmaceutical supply within statutory health insurance (SHI), in particular the AMNOG process and mandatory rebates (Herstellerabschläge) under Book…
Your speaker
Nadine Witt
Sträter Lawyers,
Bonn, Germany
Lawyer; focus areas: Pharmaceutical supply within statutory health insurance (SHI), in particular the AMNOG process and mandatory rebates (Herstellerabschläge) under Book V of the Social Code (SGB V)
What to Expect
- Basic principles and structure of the German healthcare system
- Structure, organisation and range of benefits of the Statutory Health Insurance
- Pharmaceutical supply: distribution of pharmaceuticals and distribution channels
- Financing and regulation of the healthcare system
- Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Who Should Attend
You need a good overview of the German healthcare system, its structures, players and regulatory instruments in a short time? Then you have come to the right place.
With this e-learning, you can work through the subject matter step by step, at your own pace. Interactive exercises give you repeated opportunities for self-reflection and learning checks.
The average processing time is three hours. This may vary considerably depending on individual reading speed and learning pace.
Objective of the Event
This e-learning gives you, step by step, the essential basic knowledge of the German healthcare system, including its institutions, payers and service providers. You will learn the fundamentals of financing and become familiar with care provision within the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) system. You will also learn how physicians, hospitals and other providers are remunerated. In addition, you will gain insights into pharmaceutical supply, covering distribution and reimbursement.
After completing the e-learning, you will have internalised the fundamentals of the German healthcare system and will know the tasks and functions of the players in the system. You will also be familiar with how the regulatory instruments interact within the SHI system.
Your Benefit
After completing the e-learning, you will:
- know the key players in the German healthcare system and their roles within it,
- understand the flows of money and the system of service provision,
- be able to classify your products in terms of remuneration,
- receive a qualifying certificate (*).
(*) The certificate and the learning checks are based on an automated, non-individual multiple-choice test.
Programm
- Key regulations of the German healthcare system (in particular of the SHI)
- Control mechanisms and challenges
- Payers, such as health insurance funds
- Service providers, such as physicians
- Decision-makers, such as the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA)
- Insurance and contribution collection
- The range of benefits in the SHI: outpatient and inpatient sectors
- Pricing of pharmaceuticals
- Stakeholders in the distribution chain
- Distribution channels
- Contribution-based financing
- Health Fund and risk adjustment (Risikostrukturausgleich; RSA)
- Price regulation in the SHI system
- Control instruments in pharmaceutical supply
- Marketing authorisation and early benefit assessment
- Composition of the reimbursement price
- Provision and reimbursement of medical devices
Module 1: Fundamentals of the German healthcare system
Module 1: Fundamentals of the German healthcare system
- Key regulations of the German healthcare system (in particular of the SHI)
- Control mechanisms and challenges
Module 2: Players in the German healthcare system
Module 2: Players in the German healthcare system
- Payers, such as health insurance funds
- Service providers, such as physicians
- Decision-makers, such as the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA)
Module 3: Care provision: care structures, care pathways and the remuneration of medical services
Module 3: Care provision: care structures, care pathways and the remuneration of medical services
- Insurance and contribution collection
- The range of benefits in the SHI: outpatient and inpatient sectors
Module 4: Pharmaceutical supply: the distribution of pharmaceuticals and the stakeholders in the distribution chain
Module 4: Pharmaceutical supply: the distribution of pharmaceuticals and the stakeholders in the distribution chain
- Pricing of pharmaceuticals
- Stakeholders in the distribution chain
- Distribution channels
Module 5: Financing and regulation of the German healthcare system
Module 5: Financing and regulation of the German healthcare system
- Contribution-based financing
- Health Fund and risk adjustment (Risikostrukturausgleich; RSA)
- Price regulation in the SHI system
- Control instruments in pharmaceutical supply
Module 6: Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and medical devices
Module 6: Reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Marketing authorisation and early benefit assessment
- Composition of the reimbursement price
- Provision and reimbursement of medical devices
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German terminology and acronyms: AMNOG and Market Access of drugs
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