Apply for inclusion in the hospital plan of a federal state

Hospitals are licensed to treat patients with statutory health insurance by being included in the hospital plan of a federal state. Hospital treatment at the expense of statutory health insurance may only take place in approved hospitals. In addition, only planned hospitals are entitled to investment subsidies from the federal state.

The federal states are responsible for hospital planning. In this way, they ensure that the population receives high-quality, patient-oriented and needs-based care. They also ensure that this care is provided by efficient, digitally equipped, high-quality hospitals that operate independently.

The inclusion or non-inclusion of a hospital in the hospital plan of a federal state is determined by a decision. There are 2 decision stages:

• In order to be included in the hospital plan, proof must be provided in the first stage that the following qualification criteria are met:
  
  • Need adequacy
  • efficiency
  • quality
  • economic efficiency
• It is possible that more hospitals meet the qualification criteria than are required to cover the identified demand. In this case, the hospitals that best meet the objectives of the hospital plan are selected in a second stage. The public interest and the principle of diversity of ownership are taken into account. The following criteria, among others, are taken into account for the same quality of service provision:
  
  • the number of patients treated
  • regional accessibility
  • the range of disciplines

There is no ranking ratio among the above criteria.

Requirements

In order for your hospital to be included in the hospital plan, you must fulfill the following qualification criteria:

• Needs-based
• efficiency
• quality
• economic efficiency