Health insurance: Health insurance card
The advantages of the health insurance card include greater efficiency in the insurer’s invoicing process and improved levels of quality and safety in medical treatment.
Do you have any specific questions about your personal circumstances? If so, please contact your basic health insurance provider. You can find their details in the following PDF:
The health insurance card used as a billing instrument
Do you have any specific questions about your personal circumstances? If so, please contact your basic health insurance provider. You can find their details in the following PDF:
Insurers issue the health insurance card at the beginning of the year.
The health insurance card displays visual data and contains data stored on a chip. Service providers can use this information for billing purposes. They can also use the health insurance card to access the insurance company’s online processing system to check whether administrative data is up-to-date. If need be, they can also obtain additional information, such as the term of validity of the card, the insured person’s address, other forms of insurance and supplementary insurance. This simplifies the billing process between the insurer and the service provider.
Further information
Further topics
Stratégie Cybersanté Suisse 2.0
La Stratégie cybersanté Suisse 2.0 vise à introduire, le dossier électronique du patient à l'échelle nationale.
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
Insurance Supervision Division
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
Switzerland - 3003 Bern