SPOTLIGHT 06/22 - Tierärztegebührenordnung (GOT)

A spotlight publication discussing the veterinary fee schedule (Gebührenordnung für Tierärzte - GOT). The content covers the history of fee schedules in Germany, noting that the physician fee schedule (GOÄ) has remained unchanged since 1996 and the dental fee schedule (GOZ) since 1988 with only minor changes in 2012. The publication explains how the German federal government justifies the need for a new veterinary fee schedule and outlines the comprehensive revision of the GOT last updated in 1999, which now includes complete restructuring of veterinary services and redetermination of basic fee rates to adapt to current veterinary medical standards and economic conditions.