title: [Integrated Health Care in cardiology: have all players used their opportunities?].
abstract: From the view of one of the largest public health insurance companies, in this paper it is outlined that Integrated Health Care provides opportunities to influence the largely regional structures of health care supply. This insurance company has specialized in contracts for Integrated Health Care in cardiology in order to achieve sustainable solutions for all providers of invasive and interventional cardiology that are economically reasonable. But first of all, only evidence-based medical procedures and interventions based on clinical pathways are eligible for the contracts of this company. In outlining this, it becomes evident that by far not all German public health insurance companies have yet used their opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Hauptabteilungsleiter, Leistungen, Verträge und Pflege Barmer Ersatzkasse, Wuppertal, Lichtscheider Strasse 89-95, 42285 Wuppertal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stamm
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D007354:Insurance, Major Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000191:economics; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D011787:Quality of Health Care