On this page, you will find information on the requirements and amounts of compensation as well as our procedures.

The Bremen Cancer Registry will pay you a compensation for expenses for each complete and valid report. According to the new Cancer Registry Reporting Compensation Agreement of February 1, 2024, the expense allowances have increased. The amount of the reimbursement depends on the reason for the report and the date of performance of the report. You will receive the new contributions for reports with a performance date from February 1, 2024; the old contributions apply to reports with a performance date further back. You can find both in the table below.

The eligibility for compensation for a report is based on different criteria. Reports are eligible for compensation if

• The reporting institution itself performed the medical service.
• The cancer is reportable.
• The reported therapy was tumor-specific
• The required information in the report is transmitted as completely as possible.
• It is not a correction of a previously transmitted report for which compensation has already been paid.
• The reporting occurred after the Bremen Cancer Registry act came into force.

Every incoming report is first checked for completeness and plausibility by the staff of the trust center in the Bremen Cancer Registry. Any correction requests will be sent to you via the reporting portal directly in the report or via the message module of the reporting portal. Only after all questions about the report have been clarified and the report has been assigned to a tumor, can the health insurance provider pay the compensation for the report. For this purpose, a nationwide billing procedure has been set up with the statutory health insurance providers. Each report is checked again by the health insurance providers for eligibility for compensation. You will only be paid once the compensation has been approved by the health insurance provider. Reports without information on the health insurance provider cannot be considered for compensation, even if complete medical data are available. Such reports will not be considered for compensation.

As soon as the payment has been made to you, this will be displayed in the reporting portal in the area “Aufwandsentschädigung” [compensation for expenses] (“Datenrückmeldung” [data feedback]). All aspects in this area can also be exported as a CSV-file (click the three lines at the top right corner of the display).