Public Procurement Law applies to the law of statutory health insurance especially with regard to the contracts between public health insurance companies and selected providers. The article ‘Der kartellvergaberechtliche Auftragsbegriff im Vertragswettbewerb des SGB V‘ (published in Gesundheitsrecht – GesR 2011, S. 1-8) informs about those areas which fall into the scope of application of Procurement Law.

The scope of Public Procurement Law is discussed controversially in social security jurisdiction and literature primarily with regard to the supply of medicines. The issues raised so far and recent legal developments are subject of the dissertation of Joachim Mandl ‘Rabattverträge über patent-geschützte Arzneimittel (Discount Agreements on Patent-protected Pharmaceuticals)‘. The book has been published in 2012 by Nomos.

Procurement Law issues concerning hospital care can be found in the article ‘Procurement Issues and Public-private Partnership in the Hospital Sector‘ written by Katherina Weiner and Markus Kaltenborn (published in the ‘Manual on Hospital Law’ by Stefan Huster and Markus Kaltenborn).