Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen

What Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen does

Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen K.d.ö.R. is an independent public-law corporation headquartered in Dresden that provides socio-medical assessment, expert opinion, and consulting services for statutory health and long-term care insurance funds (Kranken- und Pflegekassen) in the German federal state of Saxony. Founded in 1991 as MDK Sachsen with 45 employees, the organization was renamed and restructured into a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts in 2021 under the MDK-Reformgesetz to strengthen its independence from the insurance funds; it currently operates with 450+ staff including approximately 200 medical and nursing assessors across five Beratungs- und Begutachtungszentren in Bautzen, Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig, and Zwickau.

The core service portfolio comprises care needs assessments (Pflegebegutachtung under SGB XI), quality inspections of inpatient and outpatient nursing facilities, suspected treatment error investigations (Behandlungsfehler-Gutachten under § 66 SGB V), hospital billing and G-DRG coding verification, rehabilitation and assistive-device assessments, work-incapacity evaluations, and reviews of new examination and treatment methods. Supporting products include the IGeL-Monitor (evidence-based evaluations of self-pay medical services), the MD-Portal for electronic document exchange with Leistungserbringer, the Service-Center Pflege phone line, the 'forum' quarterly magazine, and — most recently — the 'Pia' AI text assistant and the KIM (Kommunikation im Medizinwesen) integration via gematik's telematics infrastructure for GDPR-compliant document transmission. The organization has executed over 800,000 assessments, expert statements, and inspections across the 2024-2025 period, including 614 treatment-error expert opinions in 2024 alone.

The business model is non-commercial: the organization is funded exclusively by the Gemeinschaft der Medizinischen Dienste (community of medical services) and accepts no advertising. It is supervised by the Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt and is part of the Medizinischer Dienst Bund network. There is no equity ownership, no commercial pricing, and no sales-led go-to-market motion — services are statutorily mandated under SGB V and SGB XI.

Name

Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen

Legal name

Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen K.d.ö.R.

Website

https://md-sachsen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Independent public-law corporation (K.d.ö.R.) that delivers socio-medical assessments, quality inspections, and expert opinions for statutory health and long-term care insurance funds exclusively in Saxony, Germany, across five regional centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Assessment Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Medicare Quality, Risk Adjustment & Stars Analytics/Services (FSAIAGAJ)

Keywords

• Medical assessment services
• Care needs evaluation
• Healthcare quality inspection
• Statutory health insurance
• Long-term care assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Statutory funding from the community of medical services: As a public law corporation (K.d.ö.R.), the organization is exclusively funded by the Gemeinschaft der Medizinischen Dienste (community of medical services). The website states: 'Dieser Webauftritt wird ausschließlich durch die Gemeinschaft der Dienste finanziert. Es wird keine Werbung akzeptiert.' No commercial revenue streams exist.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen provides independent socio-medical expert assessments and consulting services on behalf of statutory health and long-term care insurance funds in Saxony, Germany. The organization conducts care needs assessments, evaluates suspected treatment errors, performs quality inspections of nursing facilities, verifies hospital billing compliance, and provides rehabilitation and aids assessments under the mandates of SGB V and SGB XI. Services are delivered through on-site visits at homes and facilities, at five regional assessment centers, and via a telephone service center.

Product overview

Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen operates as an independent consultation and assessment service for statutory health and long-term care insurance providers in Saxony. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of assessment services including care needs assessment (Pflegebegutachtung), quality inspections in nursing facilities (Qualität in der Pflege), medical treatment error assessments, hospital billing inspections, and rehabilitation assessments. Core products include the IGeL-Monitor for evidence-based evaluation of self-pay medical services, the MD-Portal for electronic document exchange with service providers, and the Service-Center Pflege for direct citizen support. The service also provides specialized offerings like coding recommendations (Kodierempfehlungen), assistance with new examination methods, and the quarterly forum magazine for health policy coverage. The organization conducts over 800,000 assessments and examinations biennially across Saxony's five locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pflegebegutachtung Care needs assessment service evaluating the level of care dependency for insurance decisions under Social Code Book XI (SGB XI), conducted on-site at homes or facilities for insured persons.
• Qualität in der Pflege Quality inspection service for nursing homes, outpatient care services, and day care facilities, conducted according to quality inspection guidelines.
• Behandlungsfehler-Gutachten Expert assessment service investigating suspected medical treatment errors on behalf of statutory health insurance companies under Section 66 SGB V; 614 assessments completed in 2024.
• Arbeitsunfähigkeit Begutachtung Assessment service for determining inability to work for statutory health insurance purposes.
• Rehabilitation Begutachtung Medical rehabilitation assessment service providing recommendations for preventive and rehabilitative measures.
• Hilfsmittel Begutachtung Assessment service for assistive equipment needs and home environment modifications under Section 40 SGB XI.
• Krankenhausabrechnungsprüfung Hospital billing inspection service checking the accuracy of G-DRG coding and hospital treatment documentation on behalf of statutory health insurance companies.
• IGeL-Monitor Evidence-based assessment and monitoring service providing scientific evaluations of individual health services (IGeL) offered by physicians to self-paying patients.
• MD-Portal Online portal for service providers including nursing facilities and hospitals to interact with the medical service for quality inspections and document exchange.
• Service-Center Pflege Customer service center for care assessment inquiries, appointment status, and additional application information, reachable by phone Monday to Friday 07:30-16:00 at 0351 800 05-5000.
• Kodierempfehlungen Coding recommendations service provided by expert groups (SEG 4) for consistent and correct medical coding in hospital billing.
• Außerklinische Intensivpflege Assessment service for intensive care outside clinical settings and home nursing care.
• Neue Untersuchungs- und Behandlungsmethoden Assessment service for new examination and treatment methods for coverage decisions by statutory health insurance companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 800,000 assessments, expert statements, and inspections conducted in 2024-2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• gematik GmbH (via KIM — Kommunikation im Medizinwesen)coreTechnology or Integration · 5 May 2026KIM is a central service of gematik's telematics infrastructure providing standardized, secure, and data-protection-compliant transmission of documents from Leistungserbringer (healthcare providers) to the Medizinischer Dienst Sachsen. This enables digital, auditable, and GDPR-compliant document exchange as an alternative to postal or unencrypted email, operational from May 2026.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Medizinischer Dienst Niedersachsen: Statutory medical assessment service for Lower Saxony, providing Pflegebegutachtung, Qualitätsprüfungen, and Behandlungsfehler-Gutachten under the same federal framework. Similar mid-size regional scale and service portfolio.
• Medizinischer Dienst Hessen: Statutory medical service for the state of Hesse, performing the same portfolio of socio-medical assessments under SGB V and SGB XI. Peer in scale and mandate, providing directly comparable regional benchmarking data.
• Medizinischer Dienst Bund: National coordinating body and legal umbrella for all regional Medizinischer Dienste including Sachsen. Provides cross-state policy direction, shared standards, and the IGeL-Monitor; direct institutional peer given MD Sachsen's parent/coordination relationship.
• Medizinischer Dienst Westfalen-Lippe: Regional Medizinischer Dienst serving Westfalen-Lippe with identical SGB V/XII mandate and product portfolio (care needs assessment, quality inspections, hospital billing audits). Closely comparable in operational model and regulatory framework.
• Medizinischer Dienst Rheinland-Pfalz: Regional Medizinischer Dienst for Rhineland-Palatinate operating under identical statutory framework (SGB V, SGB XI, MDK-Reformgesetz). Same core services including Pflegebegutachtung and quality inspections.
• Medizinischer Dienst Bayern: Statutory medical assessment service for Bavaria — the largest German state by some measures. Operates the same SGB V/XI mandate, performs Pflegebegutachtung, quality inspections, and hospital billing reviews; directly comparable business model to MD Sachsen.
• MDK Baden-Württemberg: Statutory medical service for Baden-Württemberg — another large German state. Performs the same full portfolio of statutory assessments under SGB V/XI and serves as a comparable regional Medizinischer Dienst in scale and operations.
• Medizinischer Dienst Nord: Statutory medical service covering Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein with identical SGB-mandated assessment scope. Direct regional peer with same services (Pflegebegutachtung, Qualitätsprüfungen, Kodierempfehlungen) under the same MDK-Reformgesetz framework.
• Medizinischer Dienst Berlin-Brandenburg: Statutory medical service for Berlin and Brandenburg offering the same Pflegebegutachtung, treatment-error assessment, hospital billing review, and quality inspection services under the same federal statutory framework.

Others

• GKV-Spitzenverband: Central association of all statutory health insurance funds in Germany. The principal commissioning party for MD Sachsen's assessment services; an institutional stakeholder and counterparty rather than a competitor, but tightly coupled to MD's operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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