Quellen · Sources · منابع

Shared ledger for all three editions. Notes in English. Every source listed here actually shaped the report.

Primärquellen · Recht & Amtliches / Primary sources · law & official

§ 33a SGB V (entitlement to DiGA)dejure.org mirror of the statute, retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://dejure.org/gesetze/SGB_V/33a.html
Legal basis of the benefit; risk classes I/IIa/IIb; prescription or insurer approval.

§ 134 SGB V (DiGA pricing)lxgesetze.de mirror of the statute, retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://lxgesetze.de/sgb-v/134
Free year-1 prices, retroactive negotiated price, ≥20% performance component from 2026, volume rebates from 2027 — opened and quoted verbatim.

§ 139e SGB V (directory & fast track)dejure.org mirror of the statute, retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://dejure.org/gesetze/SGB_V/139e.html
Three-month decision window, 12+12-month trial listing, BSI and GDPR Art. 42 certificate deadlines.

§ 10 DiGAV (study requirements)lxgesetze.de mirror of the ordinance, retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://lxgesetze.de/digav/10
Comparative quantitative study; retrospective designs admissible; registration and publication duties.

Digital-Gesetz (DigiG)BMG / Federal Law Gazette 2024 I no. 101, in force 2024-03-26 · https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/gesetze-und-verordnungen/detail/digital-gesetz
Class IIb, retroactive negotiated price, performance-based pay mandate.

2. DiGAV-ÄnderungsverordnungFederal Law Gazette 2026 I no. 22 (recht.bund.de), promulgated 2026-01-29, in force 2026-02-01 · https://www.recht.bund.de/bgbl/1/2026/22/VO.html
In-use outcome measurement (AbEM, §§23a–23e), AI-Act evidence, health-ID login — opened at the official gazette portal.

GKV-BeitragssatzstabilisierungsgesetzBMG / Federal Law Gazette 2026 I no. 228, promulgated 2026-07-29 · https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/gesetze-und-verordnungen/detail/gkv-beitragssatzstabilisierungsgesetz
Volume rebates on DiGA prices from 2027 (≥2% / ≥30%).

BfArM DiGA guide V3.6BfArM, 2025-12-10 · https://www.bfarm.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Medizinprodukte/diga_leitfaden.html
Current assessment practice: tightened trial methodology, BSI TR-03161, AbEM chapter.

Aufsicht & Berichte / Oversight & reports

DiGA-Bericht des GKV-Spitzenverbands (report period 09/2020–12/2025)GKV-Spitzenverband (PDF), April 2026 · https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/telematik/digitales/2025_DiGA_Bericht_GKV_SV.pdf
Core market dataset: 74/58/48/16 listings, 1.6m redemptions, ~€400m spending, €544 vs €227 prices, 87% physician-prescribed — opened directly.

Kassen beziffern Kosten für Gesundheits-Apps auf bislang 400 Millionen EuroDeutsches Ärzteblatt, 2026-04-08 · https://www.aerzteblatt.de/news/kassen-beziffern-kosten-fur-gesundheits-apps-auf-bislang-400-millionen-euro-60746225-a9fa-497d-a81e-cc4b491281ef
Year-by-year series of redemptions and spending used in the growth chart — opened and verified.

Hausärztinnen und -ärzte stellen jede zweite Verordnung ausMedical Tribune, 2026-04-22 · https://www.medical-tribune.de/praxis/e-health/hausaerztinnen-und-aerzte-stellen-jede-zweite-verordnung-aus
Oviva Direkt 306,700 dispensations / 44.1% share, top-5 ranking, 51% GP share — opened and verified.

DiGA-Verzeichnis mirror (count as of 2026-09-06)diga-verzeichnis.de, retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://www.diga-verzeichnis.de/
Same-day directory count: 61 listed (50 permanent, 11 provisional); indication split. Unofficial daily mirror of the BfArM directory.

Finanzentwicklung der GKV 2025Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, 2026-03-10 · https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/ministerium/meldungen/finanzentwicklung-gkv-2025
GKV total spending €352.4bn (2025) — denominator for the 0.05% share.

Positionspapier DiGAAOK-Bundesverband, 2026-08-26 · https://www.aok.de/pp/bv/pm/positionspapier-diga
Payer demand to abolish free first-year prices — political-risk evidence.

IQWiG comments on DiGA evaluation (2020) and on the 2nd DiGAV amendment (2025)IQWiG, 2020-02-17 / 2025-01-30 · https://www.iqwig.de/en/presse/iqwig-comments/2025-01-30.html
Institutional critique: comparative trials remain decisive; caution on manufacturer-chosen AbEM questionnaires.

PraxisBarometer Digitalisierung 2025 (IGES survey)KBV / IGES, 2025 · https://www.iges.com/sites/igesgruppe/iges/content/e2622/e2634/e5722/e16695/e16696/e16698/attr_objs16700/Praxisbarometer_Digitalisierung_2025_Kurzbericht_IGES_ger.pdf
44% of practices offer DiGA prescriptions (+7pp vs 2024).

SVDGV zum DiGA-E-Rezept-RolloutPharma Relations, 2025-12-09 · https://www.pharma-relations.de/digital-health/spvdgdiga~n5590
E-prescription pilot: only 12.6% fully digital redemptions; industry asks to pause rollout.

Studien & Arbeitspapiere / Studies & working papers

Healthcare effects and evidence robustness of reimbursable DiGA (Scheibe et al.)npj Digital Medicine, 2025-08-01 · https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-025-01879-6
Steelman: all 23 approval studies high risk of bias; dropout 21.7% vs 11.8%; effects d=0.34–1.79 — opened and verified.

Effectiveness of a tailored digital CBT-I (somnio RCT, Schuffelen et al.)SLEEP 46(11), 2023 · https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/11/zsad184/7222305
N=238, ISI −7.6 points, d=2.08 — strongest single-DiGA RCT cited.

Effectiveness of deprexis: meta-analysis (Twomey et al.)PLOS ONE, 2020-01-31 · https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228100
12 RCTs, N=2,901, g=0.51; two authors maker-affiliated — disclosed in text.

Meta-Analyse deutschsprachiger Online-Interventionen bei Depression (Haaf et al.)Der Nervenarzt, 2024-01-23 · https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00115-023-01587-0
28 RCTs, N=13,413; DiGA subgroup d=0.56 vs free programs d=0.24.

DiGA zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit (Dietzel et al.)G+G Wissenschaft (WIdO) 1/2025, 2025 · https://www.wido.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Dokumente/Publikationen_Produkte/GGW/2025/wido_ggw0125_dietzel_et_al.pdf
Methodological critique of waiting-list designs; price differentials permanent vs provisional DiGA.

HTA pathways for digital therapeutics in Germany, UK, France (Arcà et al.)Digital Health, 2025-01-22 · https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11752730/
Peer-reviewed confirmation that PECAN was modeled on the DiGA framework.

Psychotherapists' uptake of DiGA (survey, N=321)JMIR / PMC, 2025 · https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12679071/
30.6% prescribe in a given quarter; perceived need 2.1/10.

BARMER Arztreport 2024 (DiGA user survey)via Hausärztliche Praxis, 2024-03 · https://www.hausaerztlichepraxis.digital/praxis/e-health-und-it/mehr-als-jeder-dritte-bricht-diga-einsatz-vorzeitig-ab-141403.html
REPORTED: >1/3 of 1,700 users quit before day 90 — original report not machine-accessible.

Unternehmen & Märkte / Companies & markets

Aidhere: DiGA-Anbieter ist insolventDeutsches Ärzteblatt, 2023-05-30 · https://www.aerzteblatt.de/news/aidhere-diga-anbieter-ist-insolvent-d6e46e29-ca97-4083-b947-0e66d1e42d55
Retroactive price cut ~€500→€218 from Oct 2021; >30,000 users; insolvency — opened and verified.

Sidekick Health acquires aidhere assetsSidekick Health press release, 2023-10-10 · https://www.sidekickhealth.com/news/sidekick-health-announces-landmark-acquisition-expanding-its-portfolio-to-offer-regulated-prescription-digital-therapeutics
zanadio survived its maker; still listed at €218.

Sword Health acquires Kaia Health ($285m)GlobeNewswire, 2026-01-28 · https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/01/28/3227273/0/en/sword-acquires-kaia-health-extending-its-lead-in-ai-health-and-expanding-reach-to-100-million-people-worldwide.html
Largest disclosed exit; value carried by US B2B business, not DiGA revenue.

Bayer acquires HiDoc Technologies / Cara CareBayer press release, 2024-12-11 · https://www.bayer.com/media/en-us/bayer-acquires-hidoc-technologies-and-cara-care-app-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/
Pharma buying a DiGA maker out of self-administered insolvency.

Medice Health Family übernimmt Selfapytranskript.de, 2025-03-14 · https://transkript.de/medtech-zwo-artikel/2025/medice-health-family-uebernimmt-selfapy/
Mid-cap pharma consolidating mental-health DiGA.

ResMed buys mementor (somnio)MedTech Dive, 2022-08-04 · https://www.medtechdive.com/news/resmed-buys-mementor-for-prescription-digital-health-app-continuing-german/628846/
Earliest strategic exit in the DiGA market.

Pear Therapeutics assets sold for $6m after bankruptcyMobiHealthNews, 2023-05-19 · https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/pear-therapeutics-assets-sold-6m-auction-after-bankruptcy
US mirror: $1.6bn SPAC valuation to $6.05m asset auction.

PECAN reimbursement profile (official)G_NIUS / Agence du Numérique en Santé, retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://gnius.esante.gouv.fr/en/financing/reimbursement-profiles/advance-digital-care-pecan
France's 12-month early-access scheme: capped pay, no free-pricing year.

HAS: avis défavorable for first PECAN DTx dossier (HelloBetter)mind Health, 2024-08-14 · https://www.mind.eu.com/health/article/pecan-un-avis-defavorable-de-la-has-pour-le-premier-dossier-dtx/
Evidence that the French copy of the blueprint admits almost nothing.

HAS validates first regular DTx reimbursement (Ludocare)L'info durable, 2026-04-02 · https://www.linfodurable.fr/asthme-chez-lenfant-la-has-valide-le-remboursement-dune-therapie-numerique-55784
France's first regular DTx reimbursement — three years after PECAN started.

somnio pricing pagemementor (somn.io), retrieved 2026-09-06 · https://somn.io/wissen-faqs/was-kostet-somnio/
Manufacturer-confirmed prices: €464 self-pay / €224.99 per 90 days — opened on research day.

1.5 million euros for DiGA pivotal study and market preparationVisionHealth press release, 2021-02-26 · https://visionhealth.gmbh/en/1-5-million-euro-for-diga-pivotal-study-and-market-preparation/
Only documented single cost anchor for study + launch.

Was kostet eine DiGA?HelloBetter, as of 2023 · https://hellobetter.de/aerzte-psychotherapeuten/diga-kosten/
Manufacturer statement: RCT costs up to eight figures — interested party, labeled as such.

DiGA Market Report 2026DUX Healthcare, 2026 · https://dux-healthcare.com/en/knowledge/business-strategy/diga-market-report-2026/
REPORTED: 9 maker insolvencies through 2025; 6 new listings vs 7 removals in 2025.

Has Oviva just won the DiGA game?Healthtech Off The Record, 2025-04-07 · https://healthtechofftherecord.substack.com/p/has-oviva-just-won-the-diga-game
Analyst piece on Oviva's GP-sales playbook and ~€27m DiGA revenue estimate — methodology disclosed, treated as ESTIMATE.