3 Nov. 2019:
New study on gold implantation: First results of our retrospective observational study in cooperation with Dr. Melanie Endrizzi, Düsseldorf, presented on our own website under “Information”.

18 Oct. 2019:
New flyer “gold implantation” (in German) for printing and ordering on our website under “Information” (with results of the retrospective observational study on gold implantation).

18 Sept. 2019:
As the German part of the website underwent extensive revision and extension, the English part of the website has now been revised and extended accordingly, and we are now “English online” again.

21 July 2019:
The website area on studies regarding gold implantation has been extended significantly. The new webpage “Studies” offers a convenient overview of scientific studies/papers/publications on the effects of gold. Moreover, the Ackermann Team has prepared short résumés and expert summaries for a selection of publications, which offer readers a quick overview.

3 Nov. 2018:
Surgeon Dr. Melanie Endrizzi from Düsseldorf gave a talk about “Gold implantation as an alternative method of pain treatment on joints with signs of arthrosis“ to a very interested audience at the “52. Medizinische Woche Baden-Baden – Ärztekongress für Komplementärmedizin” (52nd medical week in Baden-Baden, congress of physicians of complementary medicine) in cooperation with the Ackermann Team.

14 June 2016:
Start of a petition regarding gold implantation addressed to the impartial Chairperson of the Federal Joint Committee (Unparteiischer Vorsitzender des Gemeinsamen Bundessausschusses, G-BA), Berlin.

1 Dec. 2015:
The society “Goldimplantation zur Gelenkbehandlung und Schmerztherapie e. V.”, an initiative of the Ackermann Team, is now recognised as a charitable/non-profit organisation.

19 Jan. 2015:
Of the 38 private health insurance companies we wrote to on 9 July 2014, seven answered and thereupon received a new letter with further information. On 19 January 2015 we also sent a second letter to the remaining 31 chairpersons of the health insurers with additional facts regarding scientific results, experience and substantial arguments in favour of gold implantation. In this letter, the cost avalanche was again referred to which will head in the direction of the health insurers increasingly in the years ahead and which can be responded to effectively by promoting gold implantation.

3 Jan. 2015:
Letter with information about gold implantation and requesting support sent to the European Commission, Brussels. Reminder sent on 24 July 2015. Written reply received on 17 August 2015 also containing information regarding funding opportunities.

22 Sept. 2014:
Letter to Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung, chairman of the board of the Bundesverband Managed Care e. V. (BMC, German Federal Managed Care Association), asking for support of gold implantation. The BMC is a nationwide pluralistic society for innovative system development in the health care system.

The subject is: “Gold implantation – a sustainable extension of the healing spectrum in the case of arthrosis and inflammation after joint replacement”.

22 Aug. 2014:
On 22 August 2014 we mailed a letter to all members of the executive committee of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sportmedizin und Prävention (DGSP) (German society for sport medicine and prevention), who are the following doctors:

- Dr. Ingo Tusk, Clinic Red Cross, Frankfurt/Main
- Prof. Dr. med. Klaus-Michael Braumann, Hamburg
- Hubert Bakker, medical specialist for general medicine, sport medicine – manual medicine, Bremen
- Professor Dr. Klaus Völker, Institut für Sportmedizin, Münster
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bloch, institute for cardiovascular research and sport medicine, Deutsche Sporthochschule Cologne
- Prof. Dr. Christine Graf, institute for motion and neuro science, Deutsche Sporthochschule Cologne

The “subject” is: “A ground-breaking alternative to endoprosthetics: gold implantation”.

9 July 2014:
On 9 July 2014 the boards of 39 private health insurance companies in Germany were written to and their attention was drawn to the advantages of gold implantation, combined with the request to advocate this method. The subject is: “The billions of Euros business with hips, knees and backs – Proposal for reducing the costs caused by endoprosthetics”.

Letter with information for orthopaedists nationwide

3/2014
Press briefing

9 Apr. 2013
Press briefing
Team from Hannover demands an alternative to joint replacement
to all adressees

18 Jan. 2013
Reaction to the WDR documentary:
Beware of surgery! The story of Meike Hemschemeier. 
14 January 2013, ARD, 22:45 h

2 Jan. 2013
Written reminder
Gold implantation as an alternative.
Health insurer warns: Clinics operate too often.

• AOK-Bundesverband GbR, Geschäftsführender Vorstand
• AOK Baden-Württemberg – Die Gesundheitskasse
• AOK Bayern – Die Gesundheitskasse, Zentrale
• AOK Bremen/Bremerhaven
• AOK – Die Gesundheitskasse in Hessen
• AOK – Die Gesundheitskasse für Niedersachsen
• AOK Nordost – Die Gesundheitskasse
• AOK NORDWEST – Die Gesundheitskasse
• AOK Rheinland/Hamburg – Die Gesundheitskasse
• AOK Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland – Die Gesundheitskasse
• AOK PLUS – Die Gesundheitskasse für Sachsen und Thüringen
• AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse

3 May 2012
Mailing
“Risks of endoprosthetics – Gold implantation as an alternative medicine”

• Medicine and science journalists
• Media
• Information and health programmes on TV
• Hannover press

21 Jan. 2012
Mailing
Reminder to the health insurance companies, Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Medical Associations

20 July 2011
Press information
Latest study on the effectiveness of gold implantation on humans to

• 159 boards of the statutory health insurance companies
• 4 health ministries
• 3 State Chambers of Physicians
• 7 Medical Associations
• 8 board members of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
• 62 board members of the Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
• the Gemeinsame Bundesausschuss (G-BA) (Federal Joint Committee) and the Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG) (institute for quality and economic efficiency in the health care system)

13 July 2011
information about the campaign and current press information to

• 43 patient representations in the Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (G-BA) (Federal Joint Committee)

8 July 2011
press information about the latest study on the effectiveness of gold implantation on humans to

• 930 media representatives,
• 1,354 medicine and science journalists

18 Apr. 2011
press information about the campaign to

• 1,080 media representatives,
• 1,472 medicine and science journalists

14 Jan. 2011
letter and application for information to

• Berufsverband der Fachärzte für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie e. V. (professional association of the medical specialists in orthopaedics and casualty surgery)
• Kompetenznetz Deutschland für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (competence network in Germany for orthopaedics and casualty surgery)

14 Jan. 2011
letter and application for information to

• 8 National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
• 62 Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians of the Länder

14 Jan. 2011
information about the campaign and application to

• 99 chief physicians of orthopaedic clinics

8 Nov. 2010
application sent for information to

• all addressees of Activity 1

16 Sept. 2010
As a reaction to the answering letters of the board members of health insurance companies, in a second activity we turned to the following with one  application (85 letters)

• the Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (G-BA) (Federal Joint Committee)
• the Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG) (institute of quality and economic efficiency in the health care system)

21 Aug. 2010
Activity 1: start of the campaign nationwide

Since gold implantation is applied in Germany almost exclusively in veterinary medicine and not in human medicine, i.e. on humans, with the goal of making it more well known, we have mailed information about the success of gold implantation in a first nationwide activity to:

• 159 boards of the statutory health insurance companies
• 4 health ministries
• 3 State Chambers of Physicians
• 7 Medical Associations

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