Langen doctor closes practice for health insurance patients - patients silence!

Langen doctor closes practice for health insurance patients - patients silence!

A Langen family doctor, Dr. Gero Björn Denda, decided in early 2025 to only treat private patients and self -payers. This decision has caused resentment and frustration among his patients. Many report defective communication about the reasons and backgrounds of this decision. Dr. Denda said about his lawyer and made it clear that the return of his cash registration was not directed against the patients. Rather, this step had become necessary due to the "considerable personnel and economic effort", which the cash registration brings with it. An employee left the practice in mid -2024, which made it more difficult to fulfill the supply order.

The bureaucracy and documentation requirements of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) are considerable and have strongly influenced the decision -making process. Unfortunately, there is no oversupply of general practitioners in Langen, which does not make it possible to reduce the cash registration. This decision was made in autumn 2024 and was made known in practice by notice. Since the opening of the practical opening in 2020, the availability of doctors in Langen has been a total of 20 doctors in 19.25 care orders.

patient reactions and public resentment

The patients are increasingly frustrated and express their outrage on social media. Some have left note at the entrance to the practice to get to know their dissatisfaction. In a planning area that includes Neu-Isenburg, Dreieich and Langen, 5.5 free seats are currently available. A new calculation for planning needs is scheduled for April 2025. In recent years, Langen has recorded the greatest increase in the Offenbach district with 12.25 percent.

Opinions among patients about the reasons for the decision of Dr. Denda diverge. Some expect continuous treatment by their family doctor, as the household -produced supply system (HZV) provides for which must be offered by law by health insurance companies. This system obliges patients to first consult their elected family doctor before using other doctors who are only available at transfer with certain exceptions such as eye and gynecologists or pediatricians.

challenges of the house doctor system

The Federal Ministry of Health provides information on the structures of the house doctor system. For example, health insurance companies also have to offer a special family doctor tariff in order to enable patients to make benefits such as premium payments or additional payments. This could possibly be an incentive for patients to see a family doctor who participates in this system.

The topic of general practitioners and their influence on the health system is becoming increasingly complex. The patient rights law, which came into force in February 2013, ensures that patients are extensively informed about diagnoses and treatment options. It summarizes the previous case law and protects the rights of the patients, which must be informed in an understandable manner and have the right to insight into their patient files.

The patients are currently facing the challenge of finding a new family doctor who also provides health insurance services. The situation has been changed, but it remains unclear how this will affect the supply situation in the community. For many it is an uncertain time, since there is often a lack of specialists, especially in more rural regions that can carry out the necessary treatments.