Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung (MDK) is an association of regional consultancy and assessment service providers for the health and nursing care insurance industry. The organisation has a legal mandate to support and advise statutory health and social nursing care insurance providers in medical and care-related matters. With a staff of over 7,500 employees, the MDK members are modern, independent service providers that are dedicated to safety, reliability and quality in healthcare. The MDK’s typical tasks include reviewing hospital bills, prescriptions and rehabilitation services, as well as assessing care dependency and providing an opinion on the level of care needed. To do so, the MDK offices in Germany’s federal states communicate with their clients, the statutory health insurance providers, and with doctors, hospitals and the insured.
The MDK offices currently use various different IT systems, either individually or in cooperation, to perform their tasks. At the same time, however, the requirements with regard to data protection, responsiveness, the division of labour and the consistency of the services provided are growing increasingly complex and demanding. Against this backdrop, the MDK member companies have decided to develop and operate common industry software. With this goal in mind, they have founded a separate IT unit, MDK-IT GmbH, and commissioned it with initiating and managing the development and deployment of the common industry solution.
The consortium of adesso AG and HBSN AG was awarded the software development contract as part of a Europe-wide tender process. The prospective concept of a flexible and modular system won over the client in every respect.
HBSN AG will support adesso in its role as a subcontractor while enhancing the partnership through professional and technical expertise as well as its experience in the fields of data protection and information security.
Madeleine Apitz, Managing Director of MDK-IT Gmbh, looks forward to working with adesso and HBSN: “The approach to the solution is very innovative and meets all our requirements. Both companies have already proven their profound knowledge of the industry in various projects in the healthcare sector.”
