German Society for Medical Controlling
| German Society for Medical Controlling (DGfM) |
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| purpose | Medical association for medical controlling |
| Chair: | Nikolai von Schroeders |
| Establishment date: | October 16, 2001 |
| Number of members: | 1101 |
| Seat : | Heidelberg |
| Website: | medizincontroller.de |
The German Society for Medical Controlling (DGfM) e. V., based in Heidelberg and with an office in Hockenheim, is recognized by the Federal Joint Committee as a specialist scientific society for medical controlling . The DGfM is non-profit. The goals and tasks of the company are the regular exchange of information, further education and training and the joint development of problem-solving strategies in medical controlling. Due to the multidisciplinary approach, most of the members - with the number of members continuing to increase - come from doctors, nurses, coding specialists , medical documentation assistants (MD (A) s) and business administrators from hospitals and health insurance companies. There are also other professional groups, such as B. Lawyers and Healthcare Consultants. On October 27, 2017, the society consisted of 1,101 members.
The professional society consists of six regional associations and regularly organizes training courses for members and interested parties:
- Regional Association North based in Kiel
- Regional Association Northeast based in Berlin
- Regional association for Central Germany based in Halle / Leipzig
- Regional association for West Germany based in Bochum
- Regional association Rhein-Neckar based in Heidelberg
- Regional association of southern Germany with headquarters in Munich
There are cooperations with the Swiss Society for Medical Controlling (SGfM), the Association for Documentation and Information Management in Medicine e. V. (DVMD), the German Association for Hospital Controlling e. V. (DVKC), the international controller association e. V. (ICV) and since 2011 also with the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology e. V. (GMDS).
The specialist magazine "KU Gesundheitsmanagement" is the official organ of the company.
FoKA (technical committee for proper coding and billing)
The Technical Committee for Correct Coding and Billing (FoKA) was founded at the endeavors of the DGfM members. The FoKA is a recognized and much-cited body in which representatives of the regional associations and cooperating societies position themselves on controversial topics in the coding of diagnoses and procedures as well as the accounting of inpatient treatment cases in hospitals.
history
In 2001 the professional association was founded by 5 doctors (Sascha Baller, Christof Hofele, Steffen Gramminger, Gerrit Frühauf, André Michel), a business economist (Maik Werner) and a lawyer (Markus Jones), who set up the organization before the introduction of the DRGs in Germany .
Soon after it was founded, there was a significant number of members in the east of the republic who raised the question of regional structuring. In 2002 the first two regional associations, "Rhine-Neckar" and "Central Germany", were brought into being. This was followed by the regional associations "South Germany" in 2003, the regional associations "West" and "Northeast" in 2007 and the regional association "North" in 2009. The focus of the regional associations is the active organization of an interactive, communicative and personal professional exchange between the members corresponding regions.
The first cooperation was in 2002 with the DVKC (German Association for Hospital Controlling) e. V. decided. Cooperations with the SGfM (Swiss Association for Medical Controlling) e. V. 2006, as well as further cooperation with the DVMD (German Association of Medical Documentaries) e. V. in 2007, the ICV (International Controller Association) e. V. in 2008 and the gmds ( German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology ) e. V. in 2008. With the autumn symposium, the DGfM has been holding the largest German-speaking congress on the subject of medical controlling in hospitals since 2001. Since November 2011 the administrative work of the DGfM has taken place in the office in Hockenheim.
Congresses and symposia
Since it was founded, the company has regularly organized an annual congress, the so-called “Autumn Symposium”, which has been held in Frankfurt in recent years. With over 500 visitors, the autumn symposium is the largest event on the subject of medical controlling, hospital controlling and DRG management.
Chairperson
- Sascha Baller and Christof Hofele (2001-2004)
- Sascha Baller and Joris Schikowski (2004-2007)
- Sascha Baller and Steffen Gramminger (2007-2009)
- Steffen Gramminger and Nikolai von Schroeders (2009–2015)
- Erwin Horndasch and Erika Raab (2015-2017)
- Nikolai von Schroeders and Erika Raab (since 2017)