German Hearing Aid Guild Warns Draft HiB Law Risks Insolvencies
Mainz – November 05, 2026 -- Germany's Federal Guild of Hearing Acousticians (biha) warns that the draft Hilfsmittelmodernisierungs- und Bürokratieabbaugesetz (HiB) could push small and mid-sized hearing care businesses into insolvency by delaying their payments for weeks or months.
Draft law gives statutory insurers control over all hearing system fittings
The bill would introduce stronger oversight of every hearing system provision, carried out by the statutory health insurers (GKV). According to biha, insurers would have to approve fittings even where the patient already holds a specialist medical prescription.