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Reimbursement of costs for treatment in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities for those with statutory accident insurance
The statutory accident insurance pays both hospital costs and the costs in rehabilitation facilities.
The hospital or rehabilitation facility will settle the costs of your treatment directly with your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund. This applies to outpatient as well as inpatient treatment.
Employers' liability insurance associations and accident insurance funds pay for your inpatient treatment if it is medically necessary. Your treatment may be full or partial inpatient. It includes all services that are necessary for medical care in your case. This may include, in particular:
- Treatment
- Nursing
- Supply of medicines, bandages, remedies and aids as well as
- Accommodation and meals.
They may suffer damage to their health, for which special accident medical inpatient treatment is necessary due to their nature or severity. In such cases, you will be treated in special facilities.
Unlike statutory health insurance, you do not have to pay your own contribution for your treatment.
The hospital or rehabilitation facility settles the treatment costs directly with your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
If you have incurred costs in connection with the treatment (own contribution), you can reclaim them from the responsible accident insurance institution. To do so, submit the receipts to your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund informally by post, e-mail or by means of insured self-service in the service portal.
- You had a recognised work, school or commuting accident
- You suffer from a recognised occupational disease
You do not need to submit any documentation. An exception is, if applicable, the proof of payment of the own contribution.
There are no costs for you.
There are no deadlines for you.
The costs will be reimbursed immediately, i.e. within 1 week.
Forms: none
Online procedure possible: no
Written form required: no
Personal appearance required: no
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)