Repercussions of the KVG on Service Providers

The KVG generated or started up various processes among service providers, without reaching the main aim, which was to cut costs:

• The concerned parties have made little use of existing alternative insurance options and hospital planning possibilities.
• The principal cost cutting instruments (hospital planning, alternative insurance options, setting rates) have had limited, i.e. unsatisfactory impact.
• The KVG has failed to introduce sufficient incentives for providers to improve co-ordination.