Supplementary rehabilitation services; applying for cost coverage

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

You can receive supplementary rehabilitation benefits in addition to medical rehabilitation. You can also receive supplementary benefits without having previously undergone rehabilitation. Your health insurance fund will provide you with supplementary rehabilitation benefits

according to medical necessity and
on a doctor's orders.

Supplementary benefits include, for example

Patient training for the chronically ill, such as:
- outpatient asthma training programs,
- obesity training programs,
rehabilitation sports and functional training,
socio-medical aftercare measures for chronically ill or seriously ill children and adolescents.
The services must be medically necessary and prescribed by a doctor.

The attending physician must prescribe the treatment.
Your health insurance fund must have already provided or still be providing health treatment.

Required document/s
- Application to your health insurance fund for supplementary rehabilitation benefits
- Prescription or statement from your attending physician

As a rule, your doctor will issue you with a prescription for supplementary rehabilitation services.
You then submit the application and the prescription to your health insurance company.
If your health insurance company covers the costs, you will receive a confirmation of costs from the health insurance company.