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Reimbursement of radiotherapy in Belgium
The old reimbursement system
The new system
The desired system
Nicolas JansenLiege University Hospital
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Introduction Belgium ≠ The Netherlands Flanders = Wallonia
4 time periods
1. Historical situation
2. Activity based reimbursement system (2001-2012)(minor modifications 2003)
3. The new quality stimulating reimbursement system (2013-…)
4. A new FINANCING based on needs and quality (202x-...)
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Time period 2 : now
Gifts, sponsoring
Supplements paid by patientsprivately or by private insurance
Reimbursed individual medical acts
To cover the complete running of the department(medical and paramedical wages,
goods, physics, medical immobile material,accelerators, …)
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
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Time period 2 : now
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
Supplements only possible for certain patients.Not always accepted by patients for ‘essential treatments’.
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Time period 2 : now
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
60% is paid by the federal government40% is NOT paid by the regional governments
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Time period 2 : now
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
We need an increase of >10%A linear reduction of 1-2% was imposed in 2012The amounts have not been adapted to the index of living costs
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Time period 2 : now
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
Total amount of these
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Reimbursement evolution2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
53 60 73 72 73 80 78 89 94
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Time period 3a : near future
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
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Time period 3b : future
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
Hoped for but no positive news
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Time period 4 : needs to be defended
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
based on a national analysis of needsand the expected evolution of the patient population
If a good reimbursement is available for a given treatment,‘everyone’ will start offering this treatment whether there isa real need in a given area or not.
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Time period 3a : ongoing negotiations
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
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Controversy
• How to get from time period 2 to time period 4 ?– Extremely gradually, through negotiations,
via step 3 (approach of the VBS/GBS at this moment)
– Jump to step 4 directly, by a strong political will to do so, after strong lobying (approach favoured by the new radiotherapy platform)
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What is the GBS/VBS
• « Verbond der Belgische Specialisten »– Official representation of medical
specialists for discussions with the government
– There is a global group (for all specialists)– And there is a specific group for radiation
oncologists≠ BVRO : scientific organisation≠ Het college : quality stimulating body
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TREATMENT PREPARATION
personalised immobilisation 125 125
simulation 300 300
second simulation 150 150
image fusion (simple, 2 techniques) NA 75
image fusion (complex, > 2 techniques) NA 150
delineation NA 250
2D+-planning / calculation ME 250 150
3D-planning (standaard) 250 + 125 375
3D-planning (intensive) 250 + 125 + 125 + 100 600
4D radiotherapy preparation NA 250
adaptive radiotherapy NA 150
individual shielding 75 or 150 100
TREATMENT EXECUTION AND QUALITY MEASURES
Category 1 (extern simple) 500 500
Category 2 (extern complex standard fractionation) 1600 or 2000 2000
Category 3 (extern complex hypofractionation) 1200 or 1600 1500
Category 4 (extern complex stereotactic treatment) 2000 2000
image guidance at start 100 100
image guidance (correction protocol / start and weekly control) 100 500
image guidance online daily and intensive 100 1000
4D radiotherapy delivery NA 300
patient individual QA NA (100) 200
in vivo 100 100
existing, original price
existing, lower price
new
old new
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Place of brachytherapy
Reimbursed individual medical acts
Financing of machines andstaff on a department level
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Place of brachytherapy : period 2
Reimbursed individual medical acts
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Brachy cost versus external
• Percentage of total cost of the basic brachy procedures in a given year versus the costs of the total cost of the external beam treatments in the same year
• Reduction is based on decrease in number of patients treated
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
4,9 5,6 6,7 7,2 6,4 6,1 5,5 5,6 5,0
Does not include simulation, planning, seeds, afterloader, …
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Brachy cost total
• All reimbursed acts (including simulation, planning, afterloader, …)
• Not seeds, no hospital stay costs
• 3.900.000 euro in 2011
• =4% of total radiotherapy costs
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Place of brachytherapy : period 3
Reimbursed individual medical acts
4%
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Brachytherapy : present situation
• 2 ‘complexity levels’
• For each complexity level 2 situations :– After an external beam radiotherapy (boost)– Brachytherapy alone
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Brachytherapy : present situation• Problems
– Complexity levels are organ based– Brachytherapy is reimbursed less if given as a boost, even is
the time and efforts invested are more or less the same
• First bad news for prostate brachytherapy by permanent seed implants :– no more simulation (2011) : minus K300– Price of seeds is government controlled at 47,7 € /seed,
including transport and all other material used during the procedure. Max 100 seeds/patient (2012)
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Brachytherapy : future situation 3a
– 3 complexity levels• Not image based (cheloids, …)• Simple image based (geometrical, or CT/ultrasound)• Idem, full 3D plan with multiple OAR and TV delineated
– Equal reimbursement as boost or not– Quality stimulating measures of external
radiotherapy are also valid for brachytherapy• Delineating• Image fusion• In vivo dosimetry• …
– No reduction in reimbursed amounts
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Compulsory activity
Compulsory activity, but only one of these activities within the frame (and one per treatment)
Accepted activity
Accepted activity, but only one of these activities within the frame (and one per treatment)
Forbidden activity
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ONLY BRACHYTHERAPYAMOUNTS IN ‘K’, not euro
rubriek 0Notreatmentdelivered
rubriek 5Simplebrachytherapy
rubriek 6Standardbrachytherapy
rubriek 7Complexbrachytherapy
rubriek 8
kilovolt
A. Treatment execution 500 1000 1250
B. Treatment preparation
First simulation 300 300
Second simulation
Simple image fusion 75
Complex image fusion 150
Delineation 250 250
Simple planning 150
Standard planning 375
Complex planning 600
4D planning
Adaptive planning
C. Quality/safety measures
Afterloading 100 (400) 100 (400) 100 (400)
Fixation system 125 125 125
Protective systems
IGRT (once)
IGRT (standard protocol)
IGRT (daily, online)
4D treatment execution
Patient specific phantom dosimetry
In vivo dosimetry 100 100 100
TYPICAL TOTAL 650 2075 2750
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• Conclusion for the BELGIAN reimbursement system– Present reimbursement is not adapted to needs– New reimbursement system …
• is not guaranteed at all• does include quality stimulating measures• is not a major change• respects brachytherapy reimbursements
– No existing plans for a reimbursement system based on objective needs and quality