Bodies and committees

Bodies and committees

Bodies

The Foundation Council represents the sponsoring organizations:

The twelve members are divided equally between representatives of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds () and the service providers, in other words, the doctors and hospitals. They are represented by the Federal Association for Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), the German Federal Association of Sick Fund Dentists (KZBV) and the German Hospital Federation (DKG). The Foundation Council's responsibilities include approving the Institute's budget and appointing the Board of Directors.

Chairperson:
ZA Martin Hendges
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists)

Dr. med. Katrin Bräutigam
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists, German Hospital Federation, National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians)

Dr. Michael Brenske
(German Hospital Federation)

Ulrike Elsner
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Dr. Ludwig Hofmann
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians)

Jürgen Hohnl
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Franz Knieps
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Bettina am Orde
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Dr. Doris Pfeiffer
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Dr. Carola Reimann
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Dr. Sibylle Steiner
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians)

Andreas Wagener
(German Hospital Federation)

Without a voting right, with an advisory function:
Josef Hecken
(Chairperson of the Federal Joint Committee)

The Board of Directors - the supreme body of the Foundation:

It is responsible for the day-to-day running and supervision of IQWiG. This includes safeguarding the scientific and professional independence of the Institute. Four out of the five Board members are appointed by the Foundation Council for a period of four years. The fifth member is appointed by the Federal Ministry of Health.

Speaker:
Gernot Kiefer
(Vice-Chair of the Board of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Dr. Antje Draheim
(State Secretary in the German federal Ministry of Health)

Dr. Gerald Gaß
(Chairman of the German Hospital Federation)

Dr. Stephan Hofmeister
(Deputy Chairman of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians)

Stefanie Stoff-Ahnis
(Member of the Board of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds)

Committees

The Finance Committee:

The Finance Committee consists of three representatives of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds () and one representative each of the Federal Association for Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), the German Federal Association of Sick Fund Dentists (KZBV), and the German Hospital Federation (DKG). The Committee advises the Foundation Council, the Foundation's Board of Directors and the Institute Management in financial affairs and reviews the budget and the annual financial statement.

Chairperson:
Axel Schönewolf
(National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians)

Dr. Bernhard Egger
(Central Federal Association of Health Insurance Funds)

Gernot Kiefer
(Central Federal Association of Health Insurance Funds)

Dr. Karl-Georg Pochhammer
(German Federal Association of Sick Fund Dentists)

Steffen Ruppe
(Central Federal Association of Health Insurance Funds)

Andreas Wagener
(German Hospital Federation)

Chairperson:
Dr. med. Susanne Weinbrenner
(German Statutory Pension Insurance Scheme)

Vice-Chairperson:
Mr G. Bornes
(Patient representatives)

Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany:
Frau Prof. Dr. med. Ina Kopp

Catholic Church:
Dr. F. J. Hensel

Confederation of German Employers' Associations:
Dominik Naumann

Confederation of German Trade Unions:
Marco Frank

Federal Government Commissioner for Patients' Affairs:
Stefan Schwartze

Federal Psychotherapists' Chamber:
Dr. Andrea Benecke

Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists:
Prof. Dr. M. Schulz

Federation of German Consumer Organizations:
Thomas Moormann

German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies:
Dr. Ulrike Götting

German Dental Association:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Benz

German Hospital Federation:
Özlem Acikgöz, Dr. Michael Brenske

German Medical Association:
Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Zorn

German Nursing Council:
Irene Maier

German Pharmaceutical Industry Association:
Dr. M. Wilken

National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists:
Dr. Ute Maier

National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians:
Dr. Sibylle Steiner, Dr. T. Windhorst

Patient representatives:
Prof. Dr. Daniel Bieber, Dr. Martin Danner, Dr. Ulrike Faber, Ms Renate Pfeifer

Protestant church:
Prof. Dr. Dallmann

Statutory health insurance funds:
Helmut Aichberger, Ludger Hamers, Robert Leitl, Dr. Susanne Wagenmann, Susanne Wiedemeyer

Board of Trustees:

The Board of Trustees may submit comments on the scientific recommendations of IQWiG. It consists of 30 members, including five representatives of patients' organizations and one patient representative commissioned by the Federal government. The remaining members represent leading organizations of service providers, social partners, as well as the self-administration bodies of the Federal Joint Committee.

Scientific advisory board:

It is appointed by the Board of Directors and consists of national and international researchers who advise the Institute Management on fundamental issues.

Chairperson:
Prof. Dr. Jan Schildmann

Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine, Medical Faculty at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Claus-Dieter Heidecke
Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Health Care, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Eva Hummers
Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Department of General Practice, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Prof. Dr. Oliver Kuss
Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Professor Dr. Andrea Siebenhofer-Kroitzsch
Institute of General Practice and Evidence-based Health Services Research (IAMEV), Medical University of Graz, Austria; Institute of General Practice of the Centre for Health Research, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Prof. Dr. med. Friedemann Paul
Charité University Hospital Berlin – (NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, ECRC)

Professor Dr. Amelie Wuppermann
Faculty of Law and Economics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Antonia Zapf
Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf