Revolution in hospital care: How your treatment will be better!

Revolution in hospital care: How your treatment will be better!

On Friday, June 6, 2025, an information event on the reform of hospital care will take place at the Technical University of Ilmenau. Dr. med. Marcel John, anesthesiologist and managing director of the Ilm-Kreis-Kliniken Arnstadt-Ilmenau gGmbH, will inform the participants about the current developments and challenges in the German healthcare system. The event begins at 3:00 p.m. in the Faraday Building, Faraday Auditorium, with an entry price of 5 euros. Access is via Prof.-Schmidt-Straße.

The hospital reform aims to reduce the economic pressure on hospitals, restructure the hospital landscape and improve the quality of treatment. The main changes include new regulations that stipulate that not every hospital is allowed to offer all services. In addition, a reserve budget will be introduced as a replacement for the previously applicable flat rates. This system is intended to ensure adequate financing for hospitals and is based on the respective service groups.

Targeted financing and quality standards

How bundesgesundheitsministerium.de reported, the new retention fee will provide the hospitals in need with a financial basis without having to bill for every service they provide. Of the previous flat rates per case, 60% is secured through the reserve share, while the remaining 40% must be earned through actual treatment cases.

However, this retention fee is only paid to those hospitals that have been assigned a specific service group and meet certain quality criteria. Regardless of this, the full refinancing of care in hospitals remains guaranteed. The personnel costs for care are financed via the care budget according to the cost-coverage principle.

Invitation to discussion

At the event, Dr. John will also discuss the framework conditions that are necessary to sustainably improve health care for the population. The planned reforms remind us that good healthcare depends not only on the availability of resources, but also on their clever allocation to hospitals so that they can carry out their tasks efficiently.

A look at bundesgesundheitsministerium.de shows that additional surcharges are planned for special areas such as pediatrics, obstetrics, stroke units, special traumatology, intensive care medicine and emergency care. This leads to an adjustment in financing, which is intended in particular to address the shortage of personnel in these critical sectors.

The reforms in the hospital system are therefore of central importance for the future of the healthcare system in Germany. The event in Ilmenau offers the opportunity to find out about these important developments and to enter into a dialogue about improvements in care.