Health insurance systems vary widely around the world. The German system involves a combination of statutory and private providers, with the majority of people covered by one of more than 100 statutory sickness funds.

Health insurances give their clients the security of care during illness. They collaborate with all sectors of the healthcare system, through which they attain a special overall view and specific management opportunities. Employing these in an optimal balance between quality and efficiency will shape the future development of statutory and private health insurances (GKV, PKV).

Since our establishment in 1980, IGES has been delivering strategies to public and private health insurance funds based on profound data analysis.

IGES works for:

• Statutory health insurance organizations
• Private health insurance organizations
• Statutory health insurance associations and umbrella organizations

Doctors are often the first point of contact for patients and ambulatory care plays a critical role in healthcare systems all over the world. Doctors face complex challenges such as tighter budgets, increased demands on improving quality of care and continuous changes in requirements for reimbursement.

IGES supports medical societies and doctors’ organizations, helping them to improve their structures thus ensuring increased efficiency and effective delivery of medical care.

IGES works for:

• Physicians’ organizations
• Medical associations (regional and national)
• Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (regional and national)
• Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists
• Professional medical bodies and associations
• Medical societies
• Operators of medical care centers
• Providers of managed care

The healthcare system accomplishes a lot, and decisions about its structure are being made on a daily basis and have to take into account the limited available resources. Politics and groups involved in the healthcare system influence and determine the structural framework for these vital decisions. In doing so, they are confronted with a number of partly conflicting interests which have to be tackled in democratic processes.

We have been serving government and public sector organizations as well as institutions since our inception in 1980. Our approach combines leading practices in the private sector with an understanding of the diverse needs in the public sector. We help organizations to navigate in an increasingly complex landscape and provide objective, fact-based insights.

IGES works for:

• Federal and state governments
• Federal and state ministries
• Federal agencies and regional authorities
• Specialist and professional associations/bodies
• Health insurance associations
• Doctors’ associations
• Patient organisations
• Organisations and enterprises
• Foundations
• Funders
• Statutory and private health insurances (GKV and PKV)
• Pension insurance institutions
• Accident insurance institutions
• Nursing care funds

Healthcare service and provision should benefit the individual. How true this is in reality considerably depends on health policy requirements. However, in the current debates about budgets and costs, the focus on patients and insurees’ needs are frequently forgotten. Incorporating “user” perspectives is being increasingly recognised as having positive effects on efficiency and quality. These perspectives are therefore gaining importance for further developing healthcare systems.

IGES works for:

• Patient representatives from self-governing institutions
• Self-help initiatives
• Patient and insuree organisations and associations
• Consumer organisations at federal and state levels
• Foundations and societies
• Media

Medical devices are of central and continuously growing significance in healthcare. The medical technology sector is highly innovative and constitutes an important economic factor. Approval, market entry and financing of medical devices are highly regulated—similar to drugs. Strong international competition and increasing complexity of statutory requirements present major challenges to the producers.

IGES works for:

• Large industrial medical technology companies
• Smaller and medium-sized medical technology providers
• Industry and trade associations at national and international levels

In addition to healthcare providers, funders and policymakers, NGOs are playing an increasingly active role in shaping and developing the health sector.

We have helped some of the world’s leading NGOs by designing solutions for a constantly evolving healthcare landscape. We provide a full range of services including strategic consulting, program design, technology support, data science and analysis, and quality assurance. We have a deep understanding of your issues and can offer timely insights on the most pressing challenges.

IGES works for:

• Foundations, associations and organizations
• Consumer advice centers
• Policy holder organizations and associations
• Patient initiative groups
• Political organizations
• Media

IGES works for:

Staff health, the ability to work, as well as commitment and motivation constitute important competitive factors for companies. Owing to demographic change, the average workforce age is increasing. Consequently, human resource management and parties involved in implementing company work and health protection measures have to respond with innovate personnel management concepts.

• • Large industrial companies
• Small- and medium-sized enterprises
• Chambers and guilds
• Governing bodies
• Statutory accident insurance institutions (employer’s liability insurance associations)
• Occupational health and safety services
• Public occupational safety authorities and institutions (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA))[JK19.1]
• Health insurances as business partners in the field of corporate health management