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Do you need help quickly in a medical emergency? Or do you need assistance with a difficult life situation? Here you will find information about services and contact people for everything from doctors’ visits to emergency rescue to addiction counselling.

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After a settlement, reapply for a pension from the statutory accident insurance due to aggravation

You can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance again after a settlement upon application and under certain conditions.

After a settlement, reapply for a widow's or widower's pension from statutory accident insurance

Even if you have received a settlement in the course of remarriage, you can again receive a survivor's pension from the statutory accident insurance upon application and under certain conditions.

Apply for a cure for mothers or fathers

Under certain conditions, mothers and fathers are entitled to a mother/father-child measure from their health insurance company.

Apply for a regular pension payment after a pension as total remuneration

Have you received a pension as total compensation following an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational illness and the period to which it related has expired? Then you can apply for a pension again under certain conditions.

Apply for a subsidy for dentures or assumption of costs for a different type of dental prosthesis for people with statutory health insurance

You receive subsidies from your statutory health insurance for dentures. Only in exceptional cases will the health insurance fund cover the costs of implants. Insured persons with a low income may receive financial support.

Apply for assisted dying through hospice services

Dying people or their loved ones who need support can contact an outpatient hospice service. If outpatient care and support are not sufficient, care in an inpatient hospice is possible.  

Apply for benefits for required sterilization

The statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of a medically necessary sterilization.

Apply for compensation under the Infection Protection Act in the event of quarantine or prohibition of activity

You are no longer allowed to work due to infection control and have a loss of earnings as a result? Find out here how you will be reimbursed for loss of earnings.

Apply for dental prophylaxis

Dental care serves to examine teeth and oral cavity in detail in order to be able to detect and treat any dental, oral and jaw diseases at an early stage.

Apply for family insurance in the statutory health insurance scheme

If you have statutory health insurance, you can insure your children and your spouse or partner free of charge under certain conditions. You submit the application to your statutory health insurance fund.

Apply for farm and household assistance from the Agricultural Accident Insurance Fund

You can receive benefits from the Agricultural Employer's Liability Insurance Association (LBG) for farm and household assistance if you are unable to work or require inpatient treatment as a result of an accident at work or occupational disease.

Apply for farm and household help from the agricultural health insurance fund

You can receive benefits from the Agricultural Health Insurance Fund (LKK) for company and household help (BHH) if you are absent due to illness, hospital treatment, preventive or rehabilitation treatment by the LKK or due to pregnancy and maternity leave.

Apply for farm and household help from the agricultural pension fund

Are you absent, for example due to incapacity for work, medical prevention or rehabilitation measures or because you are pregnant? Then you can apply for benefits from the Agricultural Pension Fund for company and household help.

Apply for guide dog for the blind

Blind or severely visually impaired people can apply for a guide dog as an aid.

Apply for health care for children, adolescents, young adults and single parents with children in common forms of housing

Children or adolescents in foster families or in inpatient facilities of children and youth welfare are entitled to health assistance.

Apply for medical rehab at the expense of pension insurance

You can receive medical rehab from the pension insurance if your earning capacity is impaired by illness or disability.

Apply for medical rehabilitation benefits

Rehabilitation can help you avoid the permanent onset of a disability or need for long-term care, or help you cope better with the consequences.

Apply for medical rehabilitation benefits from the Agricultural Old-Age Insurance Fund

You can receive medical rehabilitation benefits from the Landwirtschaftliche Alterskasse (LAK). You must meet certain benefit requirements for this.

Apply for medical treatment for war victims

As an impaired person (so-called damaged), you will receive medical treatment on request for damage to health that has been recognized as a result of damage or caused by a recognized consequence of damage.

Apply for motor vehicle assistance for persons with statutory accident insurance

You are entitled to motor vehicle assistance if you are dependent on the use of a motor vehicle on a more than temporary basis due to the nature or severity of your health impairment.

Apply for or terminate voluntary membership of statutory health insurance

Do you belong to a group of people who are not automatically covered by statutory health insurance? Then you can be insured as a voluntary member of a statutory health insurance fund.

Apply for orthodontic treatment

Health insurance companies cover the costs of medically necessary orthodontic treatment for children and adolescents under the age of 18.

Apply for outpatient or inpatient hospice care from the statutory health insurance fund

People who are suffering from a serious, incurable and far-advanced disease and have only a short life expectancy left can, under certain conditions, make use of outpatient or inpatient hospice services.

Apply for palliative care (specialized outpatient) for those with health insurance

Insured persons are entitled to specialised outpatient palliative care (SAPV) in the home or family sector.

Apply for rehabilitation aftercare offer at the pension insurance company

You can receive an aftercare benefit from the pension insurance if your attending physician at the rehab facility determines the need for rehab aftercare at the end of medical rehab.

Apply for reimbursement from the statutory health insurance fund

You can have the costs of private treatment reimbursed by your statutory health insurance fund under certain conditions.

Apply for reimbursement of costs for remedies under statutory accident insurance

In the event of an accident at work or a recognized occupational illness, you can submit receipts for the costs of remedies to be covered by statutory accident insurance.

Apply for reimbursement of damaged or destroyed aids

If your glasses, prosthesis or other aid is damaged in an accident at work, on the way to work or at school, the statutory accident insurance will compensate for the damage by covering the cost of repair or replacement.

Apply for reimbursement of overpaid contributions for statutory health insurance and social long-term care insurance

If you have paid too much for your statutory health insurance and long-term care insurance, you can apply for a refund from your health insurance fund.

Apply for replacement care

If relatives who otherwise always care are prevented, the nursing care fund covers the costs of replacement care.

Apply for sickness benefit

The sickness benefit is intended to compensate the insured * for the loss of earnings. The duration and amount of sick pay are prescribed by law. In the event of illness, you a...

Apply for stress testing and occupational therapy from the statutory health insurance fund

Have you had a serious physical or mental illness or an accident and don't know if and when you will be able to work again? Your health insurance fund will cover the costs of stress testing and work therapy if no other social insurance provider is responsible.

Apply for substitute care in the social long-term care insurance

If your private caregiver cannot care for you due to vacation or illness, your long-term care insurance will pay for a substitute in certain cases.

Apply for support for returning to work

If you would like to work despite health problems, you can receive financial support for this - for example for aids or measures.

Apply for transitional allowance for pensioners

If you receive rehabilitation benefits from the pension insurance and your entitlement to continued payment of wages or salaries ends, then you could be entitled to transitional benefits.

Apply for transitional allowance for people with disabilities

As a person with disabilities, you may receive transitional benefits to help cover your living expenses if you participate in certain educational activities.

Applying for a guide dog as an aid

Are you blind or severely visually impaired? Then you can apply to your health insurance company for a guide dog as an aid.

Applying for benefits in the event of damage to health as a result of service as a soldier in the German Armed Forces

If you have suffered a military service injury while serving in the Bundeswehr, you may be entitled to compensation. After leaving military service, pension benefits may be granted upon application.

Applying for home nursing care for people with statutory health insurance

If you need qualified nursing care at home or at another suitable location due to an illness, you can apply for home nursing care from your statutory health insurance provider. You will need a doctor's prescription for this.

Applying for household help from statutory health insurance

If you are temporarily unable to manage your household on your own due to serious illness, a cure or during a stay in hospital, you are entitled to household help under certain conditions. You can apply for this from your statutory health insurance fund.

Applying for medical rehabilitation for children and young people with pension insurance

If your child has a chronic illness or their health is at risk, they can receive medical rehabilitation benefits from pension insurance.

Applying for remedies for people with health insurance

Insured persons of the statutory health insurance are entitled to medically necessary remedies.

Applying for sickness benefit as an insured person

If you as an employee are unable to work for a longer period of time, you can receive sickness benefit to cover the loss of earnings.

Applying for sickness benefit for self-employed persons in statutory health insurance

Even if you are self-employed, you can insure yourself at the general contribution rate with statutory sickness benefit entitlement from the 7th week, just like employees subject to compulsory insurance. To do this, you must submit a declaration of choice to your health insurance fund.

Applying for sociotherapy for those with health insurance

Insured persons who are seriously mentally ill and are not able to independently use medical or medically prescribed services are entitled to sociotherapy.

Assumption of the costs of medicines and dressings in the event of an accident at work or occupational illness

If you require treatment as a result of an accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease, your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will cover the costs of medicines and dressings for medical treatment.

Benefits for social participation in statutory accident insurance

If your equal social participation is at risk as a result of an accident at work or on the way to work or a recognized occupational disease, you can receive benefits for social participation.

Benefits in the event of a need for care for persons insured under the statutory accident insurance scheme

If you need care as a result of an occupational accident, commuting accident or occupational disease, you can receive care allowance and other benefits from the statutory accident insurance.

Buying medicine in another EU country

Buying medicine in another EU country You may need to buy prescription medicine from a pharmacy while you are in another  EU country . To do this, you should make sure...

Choose or change statutory health insurance

You are free to choose and change your statutory health insurance fund under certain conditions.

Claiming children's sickness benefit for those with statutory health insurance and transferring children's sickness benefit days to the other parent

If you cannot work because your child is ill, you can get children's sickness benefit from your statutory health insurance fund. Under certain conditions, you can transfer the children's sickness benefit days to your partner.

Counseling on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections

If you have questions about sexually transmitted diseases (e.g. AIDS), you can contact a counseling center near you. You can also get tested at many counseling centers. You ca...

Drug Help Counseling

Counselling centres and outpatient treatment centres that offer advice and assistance to those at risk of addiction and those suffering from addiction to quitting drug abuse are...

Financing hospital treatment for those with health insurance

As an insured person, you are entitled to hospital treatment. The treatment is carried out fully inpatient if the treatment goal cannot be achieved by partial, pre- or post-inpatient or outpatient treatment, including home nursing.

Find an emergency pharmacy service

Do you need medication outside opening hours? For this purpose, the pharmacy emergency service is at your disposal.

Health insurance rules and application for a European Health Insurance Card

Here you will find information on health insurance rules relating to short-term and long-term stays in another Member State and your rights and obligations in relation to the European Health Insurance Card.

Home nursing care benefits for people with statutory accident insurance

You will receive home nursing care from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund to replace or shorten a stay in hospital.

Housing assistance for people with statutory accident insurance

Have you suffered long-term damage to your health as a result of an accident at work, an accident on the way to work or an occupational disease, so that you need housing suitable for the disabled? Then you can receive housing assistance from the statutory accident insurance.

Information on rescue services

Rescue is a public task in the field of life-saving hazard prevention. It includes emergency notification and first aid measures as well as the organization and implementation of...

Making a claim for travel and transport costs for medical treatment if you have an accident at work or an occupational disease

Following a recognised accident at work or an occupational disease, you can claim reimbursement for related travel and transportation expenses.

Medical and dental treatment for people with statutory accident insurance in the event of an accident at work or occupational illness

Do you need medical or dental treatment due to an accident at work or an occupational disease? Then the statutory accident insurance will cover the costs.

Medical first aid in case of occupational accident or disease

Do you need initial medical treatment for an occupational or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease? Then the statutory accident insurance will cover the costs.

Medical treatment

If you wish to receive medical treatment in Germany, you can find information about your rights and obligations here.

National emergency numbers for medical emergencies

When it comes to health, there are two important telephone numbers in Germany, firstly 112 for emergencies and secondly 116 117 for the medical on-call service. You can find out which number is the right one in which case here.

Participate in the "RV Fit" prevention program of the German Pension Insurance Fund

If you are working and the first impairments or complaints appear, German Pension Insurance offers you a free training program with elements on exercise, nutrition and stress management.

Preventing an occupational disease in agriculture or avoiding the aggravation of an occupational disease

If you are exposed to a hazard at work that can cause an occupational disease, you will receive preventive measures under certain conditions.

Psychotherapeutic services for persons insured under the statutory accident insurance scheme

You can access psychotherapeutic services after an accident at work or occupational disease via the psychotherapist procedure of the statutory accident insurance.

Receive a home help and child care costs in the statutory accident insurance

To enable you to continue running your household or looking after your children after an insured event, the statutory accident insurance will support you financially or in organizing help under certain conditions.

Receive a pension from the agricultural accident insurance

Is your earning capacity limited due to an accident at work, an accident on the way to work or an occupational disease? If so, you may be entitled to an agricultural accident insurance pension under certain conditions.

Receive child injury benefit from statutory accident insurance

Your child had an accident at kindergarten or school and therefore has to be cared for by you at home? If so, you can receive child injury benefit under certain conditions.

Receive compensation for wear and tear on clothes and linen

If your clothing wears out after an accident at work, a commuting accident or due to an occupational disease because you wear a prosthesis, for example, you will receive compensation under certain conditions.

Receive injury benefit from the statutory accident insurance

If you are unable to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease, you will receive injury benefit.

Receive partial reimbursement of costs in statutory health insurance

If you work in the area of statutory health insurance and a service regulation applies to you, you can agree a partial reimbursement of costs. You then initially pay for medical services yourself and are reimbursed for your expenses under certain conditions.

Receive pension from statutory accident insurance

If you are reduced in your earning capacity after an accident at work or due to an occupational disease, you will receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.

Receive transitional allowance from statutory accident insurance during occupational rehabilitation

If you are taking part in qualified measures for participation in working life (occupational rehabilitation) as a result of an accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease and are not receiving a salary, you will receive a transitional allowance.

Reimbursement of costs for treatment in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities for people with statutory accident insurance

If you have an accident or illness in connection with your work, the statutory accident insurance pays for medical treatment.

Report a suspected occupational disease to the statutory accident insurance fund

If you have indications that an occupational disease may be present, you have the option of reporting this to your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

Report benefits from statutory accident insurance and expenses for property damage in the event of emergency aid

If you have helped in a dangerous situation, you can claim benefits from the statutory accident insurance as in the case of an accident at work and compensation for material damage.

Report occupational disease to the Agricultural Employer's Liability Insurance Association

The Agricultural Accident Insurance Fund investigates the suspicion of an occupational disease when it receives a report of such a disease.

Report suspected adverse reactions and damage to health caused by medicinal products, vaccines or tissue preparations

By reporting suspected cases of side effects or vaccination complications to the authorities, you help to make medicines and vaccines safer.

Report work and commuting accidents to agricultural accident insurance

If an accident at work has occurred in your company or institution, you must report it to the accident insurance company.

Reporting an accident at work or school to the statutory accident insurance fund

If a work accident occurs at your company or institution, you must report it.

Request help in the household

If you are temporarily unable to continue your household due to illness or other circumstances and no other person in the household can do so, you can apply for help to continue your household.

Request replacement for damaged or destroyed aids

If your glasses, prosthesis or other aid is damaged in an accident at work, the Agricultural Employer's Liability Insurance Association will pay for it.

Request settlement of an accident insurance pension in the event of a reduction in earning capacity of at least 40 percent

If your earning capacity is reduced by 40 percent or more, you can receive a sum of money as a settlement for a period of 10 years instead of the accident pension upon application

Request settlement of an accident insurance pension in the event of a reduction in earning capacity of less than 40 percent

If your earning capacity is reduced by less than 40 percent, you can apply for a monetary sum as a settlement for life instead of an accident pension.

Requesting orthodontic treatment and reimbursement of the co-payment for orthodontic treatment from the statutory health insurance fund

Under certain conditions, statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of medically necessary orthodontic treatment for children and adolescents. You can have your own contribution reimbursed by your health insurance company after treatment.

Start a self-help group

For many problems, you can benefit from a self-help group. Together with other sufferers, you can exchange ideas about therapy options or get tips for everyday life. Anyone can...

Statutory accident insurance: Preventing an occupational disease or avoiding the aggravation of an occupational disease

Are you exposed to a risk at work that could lead to the development, aggravation or recurrence of an occupational disease? If so, you are entitled to preventive measures under certain conditions.

Submit costs for implants or orthodontic treatment for adults to the statutory health insurance fund in exceptional cases

In special or severe exceptional cases, the statutory health insurance contributes to orthodontic treatment of adults or implants.

Submit educational material for medicinal products for approval

If you, as the marketing authorization holder of medicinal products, are obliged to create additional educational material for your product, you must submit this for national approval.

Submit notification of aids as part of rehabilitation for people with statutory accident insurance

Do you need medical aids such as a wheelchair or glasses as part of rehabilitation due to the consequences of an accident at work or an occupational illness? Then the statutory accident insurance will cover the costs.

Submit photo for the electronic health card

Did you provide your photo for the electronic health card (eGK) more than 10 years ago? Then your health insurance company may ask you to submit a new photo.

Supplementary rehabilitation benefits for people with health insurance

Health insurance covers the costs of supplementary rehabilitation services that can help you to recover more quickly.

Support for returning to work for people with statutory accident insurance

If you have an accident at work or an occupational illness, the statutory accident insurance (DGUV) will use all appropriate means to enable you to return to work. Children and young people can also receive benefits in the event of an insured event.

Transitional benefit due to occupational disease for persons insured under the statutory accident insurance scheme received

If you no longer work due to an occupational disease, you can receive a transitional benefit from the statutory accident insurance.

Travel costs

The health insurance companies cover travel costs that are medically necessary in connection with a health insurance benefit.