Federal Party of Saarland Praises Bundesklinikatlas Results and Advocates for Enduring Hospital Funding
Saar FDP Advocates for Transparent and Secure Hospital Financing in Saarland
The Saar FDP, a political party in Saarland, Germany, has called for changes in the country's hospital financing system. The party is particularly concerned about the proposed scrapping of the Federal Hospital Atlas and the potential impact on hospital financing in Saarland.
In a recent statement, Dr. Helmut Isringhaus, the health policy spokesman for the Saar FDP, described the Federal Hospital Atlas as a bureaucratic prestige project with questionable benefit. He argued that the return to proven information systems like the hospital directory of the German Hospital Association (DKG) is an overdue step.
The Federal Hospital Atlas, a key resource providing comprehensive, transparent data on hospital infrastructure, services, and financing in Germany, plays a crucial role in ensuring fair hospital financing decisions. Its scrapping could lead to a loss of standardized, transparent data, making planning and resource allocation at the state level, including in Saarland, more challenging.
The Saar FDP is worried that without the Atlas, hospital financing in Saarland could become less transparent and more politicized. This, they believe, could impair strategic planning and the ability to secure adequate funding for local hospitals.
Dr. Isringhaus has also expressed concerns about the ongoing hospital reform, warning of a dangerous imbalance in clinic financing. He believes that a permanently unrealistic determination of the Land Base Rate threatens the existence of even necessary clinics. Short-term liquidity aid alone, he argues, is not enough.
The Saar FDP is advocating for a lasting and inflation-adjusted increase in the Land Base Rate to financially secure all Saarland hospitals, regardless of carrier form or financial compensation readiness. They believe that this is necessary to guarantee a high-quality and financially viable hospital landscape, ensuring supply security and remaining economically viable, in the interest of patients, employees, and society.
Moreover, the party is urging the abandonment of inefficient double structures like the Federal Hospital Atlas and a focus on functioning information systems like the DKG hospital directory. They argue that this focus should be on improving patient care instead of creating inefficient double structures.
In conclusion, the Saar FDP is pushing for practical regulations within the hospital reform that provide clinics with real planning security and a fair and transparent financing system. They believe that this is essential for the long-term financial security and success of hospitals in Saarland.
- The Saar FDP is concerned that the proposed scrapping of the Federal Hospital Atlas could lead to less transparent hospital financing, making strategic planning and ensuring secure funding for local hospitals more difficult.
- In the interest of patients, employees, and society, the Saar FDP is advocating for a focus on improving patient care by abandoning inefficient double structures, such as the Federal Hospital Atlas, and instead concentrating on functional information systems like the DKG hospital directory.
- To guarantee a high-quality and financially viable hospital landscape, the Saar FDP is pushing for a lasting and inflation-adjusted increase in the Land Base Rate, which they believe is necessary to maintain supply security and economic viability.
