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Staying healthy

Many illnesses can be avoided through preventive care or treated well through early detection. Here you will find an overview of the statutory health insurance schemes’ advisory and preventive care offerings, from vaccinations to cancer screening to dental check-ups. You will also find information about how to prepare yourself for serious situations through an advance care directive or a lasting power of attorney.

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Adjusting the artists' social insurance subsidy for health and long-term care insurance

The Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) can only pay you the correct subsidy if it knows how high your contributions for private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance are. You should therefore inform the KSK of any changes to your contributions.

Apply for a certificate according to the Infection Protection Act for activities with foodstuffs

If you are working or employed in the food sector for the first time, you will need a certificate from the public health department confirming that you have been instructed in infection control.

Apply for a youth health check-up

You can take advantage of health check-ups for your children. Thus, the general state of health and age-appropriate development of a child is regularly examined by a doctor. Possible problems or abnormalities can be detected and treated at an early stage.

Apply for an organ donor card

Organ donation is a very personal matter. For or against - this is a decision that no one can take away from you. Some people are uncomfortable with the idea of having an organ...

Apply for authorization to carry out occupational medical check-ups

Physicians require an authorization for the medical monitoring of occupationally exposed persons in the field of radiation protection.

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 early detection examination in children

You can take advantage of health check-ups for your children. Thus, the general state of health and age-appropriate development of a child is regularly examined by a doctor. Possible problems or abnormalities can be detected and treated at an early stage.

Apply for group dental prophylaxis in children and adolescents

Dental services promote the dental health of children and adolescents with age-appropriate programs

Apply for medical care for mothers and fathers with health insurance

Health insurance companies offer services for the prevention of diseases for mothers and fathers.

Apply for prenatal check-up

The health insurance covers the costs for early detection examinations and tests necessary during pregnancy.

Apply for preventive and early detection examination for dental, oral and maxillofacial diseases

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 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 support to finance health insurance and long-term care insurance contributions from the social welfare provider

If your income or assets are not sufficient to cover your necessary living expenses, you will receive support in financing your contributions to health insurance and long-term care insurance under certain conditions.

Applying for help for children and young people at risk of development and with disabilities

If you need help with living expenses and do not have statutory or private health insurance, the social welfare provider will provide healthcare assistance. This includes ...

Arrange a mushroom consultation

You have collected mushrooms and do not know if you can eat them? Let us advise you.

Arrange a tropical suitability test

In the case of professional stays in tropical or subtropical areas, the employer is obliged to arrange occupational health precautions.

Change income estimate for the artists' social security fund

Has your professional situation changed in such a way that you expect a different income from your self-employed artistic or journalistic work? Then you need to adjust your income estimate with the Artists' Social Insurance Fund.

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...

Have the load limit for co-payments checked in the statutory health insurance

Co-payments for medicines, remedies and applications may not exceed two percent of the annual gross income.

Infection control advice Ebola

Ebola is a rare and life-threatening infectious disease. It is one of the so-called viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) and is caused by the Ebola virus (EV). Ebola is subject to...

Notify the artists' social insurance fund of the change of health insurance fund

If you have statutory health and nursing care insurance through the artists' social insurance fund, you can change your health insurance fund under certain conditions.

Receive compensation and suspend contributions to the artists' social security fund

If you are unable to work due to illness or pregnancy and receive compensation from another source, you do not have to pay social security contributions via the Artists' Social Security Fund.

Request advice on infection control

The Public Health Service will provide you with general information about certain infectious diseases, e.g.: What should you do in an emergency? What are the transmission routes?...

Request health advice for families with infants

If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will bear the costs of counselling sessions.

Request water testing

Water is regularly checked in Germany. This applies to both drinking water and bathing water.

Social security for self-employed artists and publicists, registration

As an artist or publicist, you can register for social security via the Artists’ Social Security Fund (KSK).

Submit a report for infection protection

The Infection Protection Act requires the reporting of certain pathogens as well as vaccine damage by doctors and laboratories.

Vaccination consultation obligation according to § 34 Abs. 10a IfSG

Since 2015, all parents who place their child in a day care centre (KiTa) for the first time have been obliged to submit proof of vaccination counselling. In an amendment in 2017...

Advice from the artists' social insurance fund for self-employed artists or journalists who are not insured

The Künstlersozialkasse will advise you on all matters relating to artists' social insurance.

Apply for a health insurance subsidy for pensioners from the Agricultural Pension Fund

If you have voluntary or private health insurance, you can apply for a subsidy for your health insurance.

Apply for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory health insurance scheme

If you become subject to compulsory insurance in the statutory health insurance, you can be exempted from this in certain cases. You submit the application to your statutory health insurance fund.

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.

Applying for medical preventive services for insured persons of the statutory health insurance

Outpatient or inpatient preventive care can help you avert the threat of illness or the need for long-term care. You apply for the preventive care benefit from your health insurance fund.

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.

As an insured person, contact the Künstlersozialkasse for information, advice or clarification of concerns

If you, as an insured person in the artists' social insurance scheme, have a question or concern in connection with your compulsory insurance, you can contact the Künstlersozialkasse.

Assumption of travel expenses by the agricultural employers' liability insurance association

Have you had a recognized accident at work or an occupational disease? If so, the agricultural employers' liability insurance association will reimburse you for the associated travel costs under certain conditions.

Attend information events organized by the Artists' Social Security Fund on compulsory insurance under the Artists' Social Security Act

If you need information on artists' social insurance, you can take part in an information event 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.

Final subsidy statement from the Artists' Social Security Fund

Grants that you receive from the Artists' Social Security Fund are finally settled in the following year.

Making a declaration on organ and tissue donation

You can make a declaration in the organ donation register as to whether you agree or disagree with organ and tissue donation.

Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of the change in personal data

If your personal data changes, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse. You should also inform the Künstlersozialkasse if your contact details change or expand.

Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of the termination of the artistic or journalistic activity

If your self-employed artistic or journalistic activity has changed in such a way that you no longer carry it out on a professional or do you employ several people? ? Then you can no longer be insured through the artists' social insurance fund.

Notify the Künstlersozialkasse of pension withdrawals

Do you receive a pension from the statutory pension insurance? Then this has an effect on your insurance status in the artists' social insurance.

notify the Künstlersozialkasse of the change in legal form or focus of activity

If you change the legal form of your activity or the activity itself, this may affect your obligation to be insured with the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK).

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.

Receive information on the development of addiction problems, the risks of addiction and the prevention and worsening of addiction problems

Take care of your health and that of your family. Addiction prevention offers free information, advice and support. The addiction prevention service is aimed at children, young people, adolescents and adults as well as their relatives.

Reimbursement of overpaid pension insurance contributions by the artists' social security fund

If you pay too much into your pension insurance, you will receive a refund.

Report an adverse reaction caused by veterinary medicinal products (in animals or humans) or by human medicinal products in animals

If a veterinary medicinal product or vaccine is suspected of causing adverse effects in an animal, a human or the environment, report this to the competent authority. You can also proceed in the same way for a human medicinal product that has been used in an animal.

Request annual statement from the artists' social insurance fund

If you are subject to insurance or eligible for subsidies through the Künstlersozialkasse, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.

Request confirmation of insurance from the artists' social insurance fund

If you are insured through the Künstlersozialkasse, you can prove your insurance status with a current confirmation of insurance.

Request current insurance data from the artists' social insurance fund

If you are insured through the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK), you can obtain information about your insurance obligation and your contribution account from the KSK at any time. To do this, you must send a request to the KSK.

Request tax office certificate from the artists' social insurance fund

If you are subject to compulsory insurance or eligible for subsidies via the Künstlersozialkasse, you will receive proof of the tax-deductible contributions and subsidies for each year.

Requesting information from the radiation protection register about personal data on occupational radiation exposure

You can obtain information about the data on occupational radiation exposure stored in the radiation protection register from the Federal Office for Radiation Protection.

Retrieve a declaration from the organ donation register

If you have submitted a declaration for organ and tissue donation in the organ donation register, you can retrieve it using your declaration ID.

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 proof of activity and income requested at the end of the professional start-up period to the Künstlersozialkasse for examination

As a beginner in your profession, you did not reach the minimum employment income in the first three years of your work? Then you must prove to the Künstlersozialkasse that you are working for gain.

Submit proof of activity and income to the Artists' Social Security Fund for verification

If there are indications of changes, the Künstlersozialkasse can review your artistic or publishing activities and your income.

Submit proof of income to the Künstlersozialkasse for random checks

If you are insured with the Künstlersozialkasse or are entitled to a subsidy, your income can be checked in an annual random sample.

Suspension of health and long-term care insurance benefits in the event of non-payment of contributions to the artists' social insurance fund

If you do not pay your contributions to the Künstlersozialkasse regularly, you will have to pay for your medical treatment yourself.

Take advantage of addiction counseling

Are you no longer able to control your use of drugs, alcohol, gambling or social media? Then addiction counseling centers can help you and your loved ones anonymously and free of charge, either on site or online.