Reutlingen (dpa / lsw) – The state manager of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), Nadia Mussa, calls for more detailed hospital planning. “So far we only have a very rough framework plan that dates back to 2010,” Mussa told the “Reutlinger General-Anzeiger” (Saturday). That has significant disadvantages.
For example, the country has so far only specified whether a hospital has a surgical department or not. “But how this surgery is designed and at what medical level is up to you,” explained Mussa. The framework ranges from highly complex surgical interventions such as obesity surgery to simple appendectomy. Social Minister Manne Lucha (Greens) should take up the issue and start an initiative.
From Mussa’s point of view, one problem is that every hospital wants to retain its freedom and not want anything taken away from it. “In addition, it is very difficult to assign specific departments with legal certainty, including the level of care,” said the TK country manager.
On the one hand, such a decision could quickly be overtaken by medical advances. On the other hand, clinics and the medical profession insisted on their professional freedom. “You can sue,” said Mussa. “That’s why we need a legal requirement from the federal government that gives the states more legal certainty for the design.”
