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#SFHS2609224AOrder Adding BAHA 7 Processor to Reimbursable Products

🇫🇷France··Other·High Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law officially adds the BAHA 7 processor for bone-anchored hearing aids to the list of reimbursable healthcare products in France. The BAHA 7 system is designed for patients with specific hearing loss conditions where traditional hearing aids are ineffective. The law outlines its components, indications for use, and requirements for prescription by trained healthcare professionals.

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Key Changes

  • Addition of BAHA 7 processor under reimbursable products
  • Specifications on prescription by trained multidisciplinary teams
  • Indications for coverage specified for certain types of hearing loss

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Add BAHA 7 processor (code 2384447) to the reimbursable healthcare products list under Cochlear France SAS in Title II, Chapter 3, Section 7

French healthcare reimbursement authority (ANSM/health ministry)
operational
high

Prescribe and implant BAHA 7 only through a multidisciplinary team that has received specific training for implantation, including at least one ORL (ear, nose, throat specialist) and one hearing aid professional

Healthcare professionals (ORL specialists, audioprothesists, surgical teams)
licensing
high

Conduct a pre-implantation clinical and audiometric assessment for all patients

Multidisciplinary healthcare teams implanting BAHA 7
operational
high

Perform a standardized trial period of approximately 3 weeks with hearing aid solutions (air and bone conduction) prior to implantation when possible

Multidisciplinary healthcare teams implanting BAHA 7
operational
high

Conduct post-trial objective and subjective benefit evaluation including tonal and vocal audiometry in silence and noise, quality of life questionnaire, and stereoaudiometry where applicable

Multidisciplinary healthcare teams implanting BAHA 7
operational

Affected Parties

Healthcare providersPatients requiring bone-anchored hearing aids

Tags

hearing aids,healthcare reimbursement,medical devices