Policy Brief | Issue 11 | February 13, 2023


In its policy brief published today, "Adjusting flat rates for hospitals, ensuring the need for care, maintaining competition," the Monopolies Commission supports the introduction of flat rates for hospitals proposed by the Hospital Commission. At the same time, it makes a significant proposal for changes that would make it possible to achieve the goals of financially securing hospitals' need for care and maintaining quality competition. The Monopolies Commission specifically recommends the following to the Federal Government/Länder Group, which is currently discussing the implementation of the announced financing reform:

  • tie the reserve budgets to structural differences in regional supply costs that cannot be influenced, and
  • test the compensation factors empirically by an expert opinion.

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