Telemonitoring of heart failure patients is reimbursed in Germany: challenges of real-world implementation remain

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"Since January 2022, remote patient monitoring of patients with heart failure (RPM-HF) is reimbursed by the statutory health insurance (SHI) funds in Germany.1 The SHI-insured population accounts for ∼88% of Germany’s population, i.e. ∼73.3 mio. subjects, whereas 12% are insured by private health insurances. Remote patient monitoring of patients with heart failure is the first digital care management programme that will be implemented in the German health care system. This fundamental decision by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), the central authority defining the catalogue of benefits that have to be reimbursed by all SHI funds, was based on a carefully balanced assessment by the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). The IQWiG reviewed the results of four randomized controlled trials (RCT) with at least 6 months of follow-up—that is, two with non-invasive RPM (TIM-HF and TIM-HF) and two with invasive RPM (IN-TIME5 and TELECART)." En bref issu de l'étude.