KBV Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung

The Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV) is the political advocacy group for over 189,000 outpatient doctors and psychotherapists in Germany. As the umbrella organization of the 17 Kassenärztlichen Vereinigungen (KVens), the KBV organizes comprehensive, local outpatient healthcare for around 73 million statutory health insurance holders and advocates for their equivalent medical care at the federal level.

Core tasks and services:

• Advocacy: The KBV represents the interests of contracted doctors and psychotherapists vis-à-vis politics, health insurance companies and other actors in the healthcare system.
• Ensuring care: The KBV ensures high-quality and comprehensive outpatient medical care in Germany.
• Information and service: The KBV offers comprehensive information and services for doctors, psychotherapists and patients, including practice information, guidelines, apps, tools and the nationwide patient service number 116117.
• Promoting digitization: The KBV is driving the digitization of the healthcare system, for example by promoting the electronic patient record (ePA) and the ePrescription.
• Quality assurance: The KBV is committed to quality assurance in outpatient care, including through the development of quality reports and the support of quality circles.

Mission and Values:

The KBV is committed to ensuring patient-centered, high-quality and economical outpatient healthcare in Germany. It values:

• Independence: The KBV operates independently of political and economic interests.
• Transparency: The KBV comprehensively informs its members and the public about its work and its positions.
• Innovation: The KBV promotes innovations in outpatient care to improve the quality and efficiency of care.
• Partnership: The KBV works in partnership with other actors in the healthcare system to ensure the best possible care for patients.

Sustainability:

The KBV is committed to sustainable healthcare that takes into account ecological, economic and social aspects. This includes:

• Resource-saving hygiene measures: The KBV is committed to resource-saving hygiene measures in medical practices.
• Promoting digitization: The digitization of the healthcare system can help to conserve resources and improve the efficiency of care.
• Support for measures for climate protection and heat protection: The KBV offers information and support for practices on the subject of climate protection and heat protection.

The KBV strives to make outpatient medical care fit for the future and to meet the challenges of demographic change, the shortage of skilled workers and digitization. The "#Praxenland" campaign draws attention to the value of local care.

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6. https://www.kbv.de/html/publikationen.php
7. https://www.kbv.de/html/praxisnachrichten.php
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