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Assura PreventoMed

Multiple: Telemedicine/pharmacy/family doctor
Primary care: Telemedicine/pharmacy/family doctor

General

General information:

Health insurance model «PreventoMed» of the insurance company Assura. There is no deductible for certain preventive examinations.

Health insurance model:

Pharmacy model: Holders of pharmacy-model policies are required to visit pre-specified pharmacies as a first stop. From there they are referred to doctors, specialists, therapists, or hospitals.

Choice of doctor:

Your choice of family doctor is limited to just one doctor from the Assura doctor list.

Medical partner:

Medgate.

Pharmacy choice:

Choice of pharmacies is limited to those on the Assura PreventoMed pharmacy list.

Payment methods:

64% of payments are made using the tiers garant payment method, in which you pay and claim reimbursement.
36% of payments are tiers payant, meaning the bills are paid directly by the insurance (Assura).

Reimbursement:

The average waiting period before tiers garant reimbursement from Assura is 14 days.

Financial reserves:

The solvency ratio shows how available financial reserves compare to Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) minimum reserve requirements. The solvency ratio of Assura is 88% (according to FOPH data). The minimum ratio required by the FOPH is 100%.

Number of policyholders:

A total of 804,064 people hold compulsory health insurance policies from Assura.

Additional child-discount:

Assura provides additional premium reductions from the second child onwards.

Administrative costs:

6.9% (ratio of adminstrative costs to risk-adjusted premiums as per BAG data).

Administrative costs per policyholder:

CHF 218 (as per the most recent BAG data).