EU-PATIENTEN.DE

    The National Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare, EU-PATIENTEN.DE, is there to answer your questions about cross-border healthcare free of charge and in a competitively neutral way.

    Description

    • Description of the different ways of receiving treatment in terms of cross-border healthcare.
    • Information to patients on the rights and obligations of those concerned in the field of cross-border healthcare.
    • Demonstration of how the competent health insurance bodies assume the costs.
    • Explanation of the various pros and cons when considering several variations/bases of claim.
    • Clarification of invoices.

    Contact person

    Deadlines

    We have no deadlines. However, it may be that a deadline must be met, e.g.

    • to apply for a service
    • to object to a refusal by the sickness insurance fund to meet costs

    Processing time

    normally two working days

    Costs

    none

    Notes (specifics)

    Available languages: English and when answering by phone, Spanish and French also possible.

    Further Information

    You can find further information at EU-PATIENTEN

    Area of validity

    Germany-wide

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Nationale Kontaktstelle für die grenzüberschreitende Gesundheitsversorgung on 28.04.2023

    Version

    Technisch geändert on 01.12.2025

    Keywords

    medical error, reimbursement of expenses abroad, sickness insurance cover abroad, Illness abroad, patients rights, European Health Insurance Card, S2, having prescriptions from abroad made up, rare illness, EHIC, illness whilst on leave, illness whilst on leave abroad, finding a doctor, treatment approach, EKUZ, Europäische Krankenversicherungskarte, treatment abroad, having prescriptions made up abroad

    Language version

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de