General
General information:
Health insurance model «MyDoc» of the Swiss insurance company Concordia.
Health insurance model:
Family doctor model: When you use a family doctor policy, you are required to visit your relevant family doctor first. Your doctor may then refer you to specialists, therapists or hospitals. A primary consultation from your doctor is not necessary in the event of medical emergencies, gynecological examinations and treatments by eye doctors.
Choice of doctor:
Your choice of family doctor is limited to just one doctor from the Concordia doctor list.
Medical partner:
Argomed, Ärztenetz Nordwest, Ärztenetzwerk Thurgau, Beodocs, Doccare, Docnet, DOXnet, Grisomed, Hapmed, HARESO, HAV Schwyz, HAV-SH, Hawa, Igomed, iNetz, localmed, MediX, mediX limmimed, mediX luzern, mediX säntis, mediX winterthur, MedNet Biel-Bienne, mednetbern, Monvia, PizolCare, RhyMed, xundart, zimdoc, zmed, Zolamed, Zürcher Gesundheitsnetz.
Pharmacy choice:
You get free choice of pharmacy
Payment methods:
9.5% of payments are made using the tiers garant payment method, in which you pay and claim reimbursement.
90.5% of payments are tiers payant, meaning the bills are paid directly by the insurance (Concordia).
Reimbursement:
The average waiting period before tiers garant reimbursement from Concordia is 8.25 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 Concordia is 174% (according to FOPH data). The minimum ratio required by the FOPH is 100%.
Number of policyholders:
A total of 599,412 people hold compulsory health insurance policies from Concordia.
Additional child-discount:
Concordia provides additional premium reductions from the third child onwards.
Administrative costs:
4.3% (ratio of adminstrative costs to risk-adjusted premiums as per BAG data).
Administrative costs per policyholder:
CHF 170 (as per the most recent BAG data).