Andreas Gassen: Due to the GKV savings law, medical practices will lose around three billion euros in fees in 2027
Andreas Gassen, Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung · claimed on Nov 14, 2026 · original source
The chairman of the Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV, National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians), Andreas Gassen, spoke in an interview published on 14 November 2026 with the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (dpa report) of "fee cuts amounting to three billion euros", which would mainly affect ENT, orthopaedics, cardiology, radiology and rheumatology; individual specialty groups would in some cases lose 25 percent of their revenue. He used this to justify his expectation that statutorily insured patients will more often pay for faster specialist appointments themselves. The GKV-Spitzenverband (umbrella association of statutory health insurers) disagrees, arguing that outpatient fees will rise in 2027. What is decisive is what the calculation is measured against: the 2026 fees or the development without the savings law, and whether the elimination of the TSVG surcharges counts as a cut.
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