Legal and financing
In this subcategory you will find an overview of essential legal standards relevant to telemedicine. In addition, you will learn basic information about billing or financing possibilities of telemedical services.
E-Health Act
The “Law on Secure Digital Communications and Applications in Health Care (E-Health Law)” contains a roadmap for the introduction of a digital infrastructure with the highest security standards and the introduction of beneficial applications on the electronic health card.
The “Law for Secure Digital Communications and Applications in Health Care and the Amending of Additional Laws” was publiItd on December 28, 2015 in the Federal Law Gazette.
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First telemedical services in the standard care billable
Since April 2016, physicians in private practice have been able to charge for telemedicine services according to the uniform assessment standard (EBM). Specifically, it involves the telemedical monitoring of patients with a defibrillator or CRT system.
Further Information can be found at
http://www.kbv.de/html/telemedizin.php
Prof. Dr. Siegfried Jedamzik, Managing Director of Bayerische TelemedAllianz, is pleased with the decision of the Extended Assessment Board (EBA), but sees great need for action. “Numerous telemedicine services have already proven to be a valuable supplement to care in pilot projects,” says Jedamzik. “I hope that this will be appreciated in a timely manner and that telemedicine services will become an integral part of the EBM.”
Additional telemedicine service in the standard care: the online video consultation
Since April 1, 2017, the online video meeting hours can be conducted and billed according to the standard evaluation standard (EBM). Certified video service providers ensure the technical process so that doctors can remotely call their patients via screen telephony. explain a therapy or examine a wound. Initially, use is limited to specific physician groups and indications.
Further information on the specialist groups, the indications, the new fee schedule items and the technical and professional requirements can be found at: www.kbv.de/html/videosprechstunde.php