List of Major Legal Tasks

DKG, despite being a private organisation has got a high level of official responsibility for the healthcare and hospital care, concretised by several legal mandates which have been given to it. Thus, DKG is member in several key organisations:  

• Federal Joint Committee (GBA – Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss)
  www.g-ba.de
• Institute for reimbursement in hospital (INEK – Institut für das Entgeltsystem im Krankenhaus)
  www.g-drg.de
• Institute for quality assurance and transparence in healthcare (IQTIG – Institut für Qualitätssicherung und Transparenz im Gesundheitswesen)
  www.iqtig.de
• German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO – Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation)
  www.dso.de
• Society for telematics applications (GEMATIK – Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH)
  www.gematik.de
• National Contact Point for EU-Patients (NKS – Nationale Kontaktstelle für EU-Patienten)
  www.eu-patienten.de