Psychosomatische Institutsambulanzen (PsIA) – und (k)ein Ende. Ein guter Anfang, der nun weiterentwickelt werden will

The objective of this paper is to describe the agreement from the perspective of the authors who, as experts for the Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft (DKG - German Hospital Federation), have accompanied the PsIA negotiations since 2013. It traces the development of the PsIA negotiations leading to the "Anderungsvereinbarungen zur Vereinbarung zu den Psychiatrischen Institutsambulanzen gemas § 118 Abs. 2 SGB V" (amendment agreements to the Agreement concerning the Psychiatric Outpatient Departments according to § 118 Abs. 2 SGB V - German Social Security Statute Book) of October 2019 with its striking difficulties in view of partly diametrally opposed interests of the negotiating partners.