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Health Care and Prevention

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Addiction counselling

Addiction is first and foremost a disease and requires treatment just like any other disease. In Lower Saxony, there are numerous addiction counseling centers that provide help....
Additional services for children with disabilities in crèches and kindergartens Authorisation

The aim of integration assistance is to avoid or alleviate a disability. If your child has a disability or is at risk of being disabled, you may be granted additional benefits...
Adolescent health examination

You can take advantage of health check-ups for your children. Thus, the general state of health and age-appropriate development of a child is regularly examined by a doctor....
Aid for the continuation of the budget Authorization

Assistance for the continuation of the budget is granted if the continuation of a budget is at risk. The service content includes personal care and the performance of...
Aid to Health Permit

Durch das Gesetz zur Modernisierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz - GMG) sind grundsätzlich alle nicht krankenversicherten Sozialhilfeempfänger...
AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections Counseling

Information and advice on AIDS and sexually transmitted infections can be obtained from the competent authorities. The consultation is confidential, anonymous and free of charge...
Ambulance transport

This qualified ambulance transport is generally ensured by the ground-based rescue service of the municipal authorities and partly supplemented by companies and aid...
Apply as a foster parent, aptitude test

Would you like to take in a foster child? Then you must first qualify as a foster parent.
Apply for a disability assessment

If you are affected by a disability, you can apply for your disability to be determined under certain conditions. The degree of disability is also determined.
Apply for a new training occupation for people with disabilities

Persons with disabilities or their representatives may apply to the competent chamber for special training arrangements for themselves.
Apply for a severely disabled person's pass

If you have been diagnosed with a degree of disability of at least 50, you can apply for the issuance of a severely disabled person's pass.
Apply for a subsidy for old-age security as a foster parent/caregiver

Caregivers can receive a subsidy for their retirement provision.
Apply for a supplement to the severely disabled person's pass with or without a token

If you are severely disabled, you are entitled, under certain conditions, to free transport on local public transport or to a motor vehicle tax reduction.
Apply for accident insurance as a foster parent

Full-time care benefits also include the reimbursement of proven reasonable expenses for contributions to accident insurance, unless statutory accident insurance exists.
Apply for an electronic health card for persons with statutory health insurance

As a rule, you will receive your electronic health card (eGK) automatically from your health insurance company. If you have lost your eGK or if it is defective, apply for a new...
Apply for assistance for the blind

Under certain conditions, the Blindenhilfe supports you financially if you are blind or equivalent to a blind person. This lump sum of money compensates for the additional...
Apply for basic education for people with profound visual or hearing impairments

If you have a severe visual or hearing impairment, you must first learn how to deal with the new situation. With basic training, you can learn special skills that you need at...
Apply for benefits from the State Blind Fund

The State Fund for the Blind is intended to provide financial support to blind people who live in their home environment in extraordinary, challenging life situations.
Apply for blind person's allowance

The State Blind Allowance (Blindengeld) is a benefit provided by the state of Lower Saxony to blind persons. It is intended to compensate for additional financial expenses...
Apply for care aids

If you are in need of care and are cared for at home, you can be provided with care aids.
Apply for children's sickness benefit for those with statutory health insurance and transfer children's sickness benefit days to another parent

If you are unable to work due to your child's illness, you can receive child sickness benefit from your statutory health insurance company. Under certain conditions, you can...
Apply for co-payments and/or co-payments of sickness assistance for foster child(ren)

If the health insurance coverage of a foster child is not sufficient for necessary measures, the Youth Welfare Office may be able to cover the necessary co-payments or co-payments.
Apply for compensation under the Infection Protection Act for childcare

Your child is affected by a school or daycare closure and you can no longer work because of it? Find out here how you will be reimbursed for loss of earnings.
Apply for compensation under the Infection Protection Act for uncovered operating costs

Have you had to close your business or practice due to a ban on activity or quarantine? Here you will find information on how to reimburse ongoing uncovered operating costs.
Apply for day and night care for people in need of long-term care in the social long-term care insurance

If your relatives or acquaintances are unable to care for you continuously at home, you are entitled to additional day and night care in a care facility. Upon request, your...
Apply for domestic help from the statutory health insurance

If you are temporarily unable to manage your household on your own due to a serious illness, a cure or during a hospital stay, you are entitled to domestic help under certain...
Apply for exemption from co-payments in statutory health insurance

If you have paid more than 2 percent of your gross family income as statutory co-payments in the current calendar year, you can be exempted for the rest of the year. For the...
Apply for exemption from compulsory health insurance

If you become subject to compulsory health insurance, you can be exempted from this in certain cases. You submit the application to your statutory health insurance company.
Apply for family insurance in the statutory health insurance

If you have statutory health insurance, you can also insure your children and your spouse or partner free of charge under certain conditions. You submit the application to your...
Apply for follow-up care after the end of full-time care for foster children

When full-time care ends, the foster child can continue to be accompanied as a young adult.
Apply for funding for in-company training for people with disabilities who are fully incapacitated

If you are currently unable to work at least 3 hours a day because of your disability, but still want to complete regular (initial) training, you could be supported with the...
Apply for funding for people with disabilities who want to complete training

If you want to do an apprenticeship and you need special support or assistance because of your disabilities, you can do the training in companies or institutions that are...
Apply for funding for people with disabilities who would like to complete further training at the job centre

If you would like to do further training and you need special support or assistance due to your disabilities, you can do the training in a company or institution that is set up...
Apply for health assistance

If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will bear the costs of counselling sessions.
Apply for help with care

With the help of this application, you can apply for assistance with care within the framework of social assistance.
Apply for infection protection instruction including certificate

If you produce, treat or place food on the market as a commercial or employed person, work in kitchens or mass catering facilities, you need a valid certificate from the health...
Apply for inpatient home care for persons with long-term care insurance

If you can no longer cope independently at home because of your need for care and are not cared for at home, care in a nursing home is necessary. Your long-term care insurance...
Apply for integration assistance for adults with disabilities and for children and adolescents with physical and mental disabilities

Do you have a disability or are you at risk of disability? Or are you caring for a child or a person with disabilities? The wide range of benefits provided by integration...
Apply for integration assistance for children and adolescents with mental disabilities or imminent mental disabilities

Does your child have a mental disability or is at risk of it? Is his participation in society therefore restricted? Then integration assistance can help.
Apply for medical rehabilitation at the expense of pension insurance

You can receive medical rehabilitation from the pension insurance if your earning capacity is impaired by illness or disability.
Apply for monthly benefits for the maintenance of foster children

In the case of full-time care services, the necessary maintenance of the minor and young adult is ensured by ongoing benefits. The necessary maintenance includes the costs for...
Apply for nursing courses for family caregivers and caregivers during care leave

In order to make it easier for you to care for relatives at home, you can attend free care courses and training courses through your nursing care fund.
Apply for orthodontic treatment and reimbursement of the co-payment for orthodontic treatment from the statutory health insurance company

Under certain conditions, statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of medically necessary orthodontic treatment for children and adolescents. You can get your own...
Apply for other assistance as individual benefits for participation in working life

If, due to your disability, you need support in your professional integration or to secure an existing job, you may be eligible for other assistance.
Apply for outpatient or inpatient hospice care from the statutory health insurance company

People who suffer from a severe, incurable and advanced disease and have only a short life expectancy can make use of outpatient or inpatient hospice services under certain...
Apply for preventive medical benefits for insured persons of the statutory health insurance

Outpatient or inpatient care can help you avert imminent illness or need for care. You can apply for the preventive benefit from your health insurance company.
Apply for reimbursement of the costs of remedies in the statutory accident insurance

In the event of an accident at work or a recognised occupational disease, you can submit receipts for the assumption of the costs of therapeutic products in the statutory...
Apply for reimbursement of voluntary health insurance contributions for foster child(ren)

If family insurance is not possible for a foster child and there is no compulsory insurance, the Youth Welfare Office can pay appropriate contributions for voluntary health...
Apply for stress testing and occupational therapy from the statutory health insurance company

Have you had a serious physical or mental illness or an accident and do not know if and when you will be able to return to work? Your health insurance will cover the costs of...
Apply for subsidies for the training and employment of people with disabilities at the job centre

If you train people with disabilities and severely disabled people on a company-based basis, you can receive a subsidy for the training allowance. If you subsequently hire...
Apply to the Employment Agency for funding for people with disabilities who would like to complete further training

If you would like to do further training and you need special support or assistance due to your disabilities, you can do the training in a company or institution that is set up...
Applying for a combined benefit for persons with long-term care insurance

If you are cared for at home by relatives, you can receive care allowance in a combination solution and use the services of an outpatient care service at the same time.
Applying for a subsidy for measures to improve the living environment in long-term care insurance

If you are in need of care, it may be necessary to adapt the living environment to your individual needs. You can apply to your nursing care fund for financial support for...
Applying for benefits for caregivers in acute care situations and care leave in the social long-term care insurance

If there is an acute care situation in your family, you can stay away from work for up to 10 working days and receive care support money. For a care period of up to 6 months,...
Applying for home care for persons with long-term care insurance with disabilities

If you live in an institution for people with disabilities, you may be entitled to social long-term care insurance benefits.
Applying for home nursing care for persons with statutory health insurance

If you need a qualified caregiver at home due to illness, you can apply for home nursing care from your statutory health insurance fund. For this you need a doctor's prescription.
Applying for individual funding for participation in working life

If, due to your disability, you need support for professional integration or to secure an existing job, you could be eligible for individual funding.
Applying for long-term care allowance in social long-term care insurance

If you are cared for at home by relatives or acquaintances, you can apply for care allowance from your nursing care fund.
Applying for long-term care benefits in kind for persons with long-term care insurance

If you are in need of care and are cared for at home, you can apply for long-term care benefits in kind.
Applying for replacement care in the social long-term care insurance

If your private caregiver is unable to care for you due to vacation or illness, your nursing care fund will pay the costs of replacement in certain cases.
Applying for short-term care for persons with long-term care insurance

If you are in need of care and cannot be cared for at home temporarily, you have the option of being cared for in a care facility for a short time.
Applying for sickness benefit as an insured person

The sickness benefit is intended to compensate the insured person * for the loss of earnings. The duration and amount of sickness benefit are prescribed by law. In the event...
Applying for subsidies for the training and employment of people with disabilities at the Employment Agency

If you train people with disabilities and severely disabled people on a company-based basis, you can receive a subsidy for the training allowance. If you subsequently hire...
Applying for support for re-entry into working life

If you want to work despite health problems, you can receive financial support – for example for aids or measures.
Applying for support from an integration service for a person with disabilities

If, due to your disability, you need special support for professional integration or to secure your job, the Employment Agency can commission an integration service for this.
Applying for transitional allowance for people with disabilities

As a person with disabilities, you can receive transitional allowance to secure your livelihood if you participate in certain educational measures.
Applying for vocational training for people with disabilities who are fully disabled

If you are currently unable to work at least 3 hours a day because of your disability, you can receive funding in a workshop for disabled people or with another service provider.
Assistance for the elderly

As an older person, you will receive a wide range of information and support as part of the care for the elderly: Advice on all questions of life, Identification of offers...
Assistance to health Authorisation for pregnancy and maternity

As a beneficiary of social assistance or basic social security, you will be supported by the social welfare office during pregnancy and maternity if you do not have health...
Bathing water quality monitoring

Bathing water is any section of surface water where the competent authority expects a large number of bathers and for which it has not issued a permanent bathing ban or does not...
Benefits for participation in working life for persons with statutory accident insurance
Benefits in the event of a need for long-term care for persons covered by statutory accident insurance

If you become in need of care as a result of an accident at work, commuting accident or an occupational disease, you can receive care allowance and other benefits from the...
Benefits in the event of sterilisation required by illness

The statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of medically necessary sterilization.
Carrying out occupational health check-ups Authorization

For the medical monitoring of occupationally exposed persons in the field of radiation protection, doctors need authorization.
Carrying out school dental check-ups

Dental services promote the dental health of children and adolescents with age-appropriate programs
Changing the income estimate at the Artists' Social Security Fund

Your professional situation is changing in such a way that you expect a different income from your self-employed artistic or journalistic activity? Then you have to adjust your...
Choose or change statutory health insurance

You are free to choose and change your statutory health insurance company under certain conditions.
Citizens' telephone

The Internet is not the right way for every person to get their specific questions answered satisfactorily. Therefore: Call us and you will be helped. Often you save yourself...
Citizens' telephone for long-term care insurance

On 1 January 2013, the Act on the Reorientation of Long-Term Care Insurance (PNG) in Outpatient Care came into force with a large number of amendments. For details on the PNG,...
Compensation for damage to civilian service: Granting

Attention: The content of this service is no longer up-to-date. An update is currently being carried out by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Civilian service is the most...
Compensation for disabled military service: grant

Did you suffer a military service injury during your membership of the Bundeswehr? Then you can receive benefits under the Soldiers' Benefits Act upon application. Pension...
Compulsory insurance

Those who have a minor job earning less than EUR 450 are not subject to health insurance.
Continuation of accommodation / help for young adults as foster children, accompaniment

If it is important for their development, young adults can receive educational assistance even after their 18th birthday and be placed in full-time care.
Cures for mothers and fathers

Under certain conditions, mothers and fathers are entitled to a mother/father-child measure from their health insurance company.
Day care for those with statutory long-term care insurance

People in need of care who are generally cared for at home can be cared for in a day care facility during the day.
Dementia - Information options

Dementia - this diagnosis triggers frightening in those affected and relatives alike. Dementias are more than simple memory disorders. They affect the entire personality of man:...
Determination of helplessness and levels of care allowance for war victims

If you are helpless as a result of an injury, you can apply for a monthly care allowance.
Disability counselling

For questions concerning the official determination of a disability, compensation for disadvantages due in accordance with the established disability, the issuing and renewal of...
Disability Equality with severely disabled people

You can be treated in the same way as severely disabled persons if the determined degree of your disability is at least 30 but less than 50. With equality, you basically have...
Drug and addiction counselling

Addiction is first and foremost a disease and requires treatment just like any other disease. Almost every city has counselling centres for people with addiction problems....
Early detection examinations for children

You can take advantage of health check-ups for your children. Thus, the general state of health and age-appropriate development of a child is regularly examined by a doctor....
Early intervention for the hearing impaired

Do you suspect hearing loss in your child? There are special hearing testing procedures for all ages (including infants!). Seek competent medical and specialist advice!...
Early intervention of disabled children

The interdisciplinary counselling and early detection teams as well as the curative education early intervention centres are aimed at disabled children or children at risk of...
Electronic health card for refugees

Refugees can receive an electronic health card (eGK) in the first 15 months after their admission. As before, the scope of benefits is governed by the Asylum Seekers Benefits...
Emergency rescue assurance

Emergency rescue is mainly provided by the ground-based rescue service and supplemented by the country's air ambulance. Ensuring that the population is supplied with emergency...
Examinations for dental, oral and maxillofacial diseases

The purpose of dental screening is to examine the teeth and oral cavity in detail in order to be able to detect and treat any dental, oral and maxillofacial diseases at an early...
Exemption from compulsory insurance in the event of marginal employment

Anyone who has a marginal job and earns less than 450 euros is not subject to health insurance.
Extension of the severely disabled pass

Since a new identification card in credit card format has been introduced since 01.01.2013, an extension of severely disabled passes may no longer be technically possible. When...
Family care leave

The family care time supports relatives in care cases in the family. Employees can take up to 24 months of partial leave.
Family care time Provision of information

With the family care leave, you have the opportunity to reduce your work to up to 15 hours per week for up to 24 months in order to care for a relative in need of care in a home...
Final subsidy statement of the Künstlersozialkasse

Subsidies that you receive from the Künstlersozialkasse will be finally settled in the following year.
Free transport in local public transport Use by severely disabled persons

Would you like to take advantage of free public transport? For this purpose, you need the supplement to the severely disabled pass with a valid stamp from the competent...
Full-time curative education care for foster children

Children and adolescents in full-time curative care have special needs. This requires close and intensive advice to those involved in the care relationship. The child care...
General full-time care for foster children, accompaniment

Are you a caregiver of a child in full-time care? Then you will receive professional support and advice from the foster child service.
Guide dog for the blind

Blind or severely visually impaired people can apply for a guide dog as an aid.
Have your guardianship order certified

You can have the guardianship order publicly certified.
Health insurance contribution

If you are studying, you will need health insurance - through family insurance or independently.
Health insurance contribution for students

If you are studying, you will need to take out health insurance - through family insurance or on your own.
Home health care services for persons with statutory accident insurance

You will receive home nursing care from your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund to replace or shorten a hospital stay.
Home nursing care for persons with statutory accident insurance
Hospital treatment

As an insured person, you are entitled to hospital treatment. The treatment is carried out on a fully inpatient basis if the treatment goal cannot be achieved by partial, pre-...
Housekeeping help

If certain conditions are met for the granting of assistance for subsistence, the social welfare office can also cover the costs of housekeeping assistance. Special situations...
Housing assistance for those with statutory accident insurance

Your health has been damaged in the long term by an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease, so you need housing suitable for the disabled? Then you...
Infection Control Advice

The Public Health Service will provide you with general information on certain infectious diseases, e.g.: What should you do in an emergency? What are the transmission paths?...
Infection Control Notification

The Infection Protection Act prescribes the reporting of certain pathogens as well as vaccine damage by doctors and laboratories.
Infection protection notification laboratories

The Infection Protection Act stipulates the reporting of certain pathogens by laboratories.
Infection protection Report Doctors

The Infection Protection Act prescribes the reporting of certain pathogens by doctors.
inform Künstlersozialkasse of the change of legal form or focus of activity

If you change the legal form of your activity or the activity itself, this may have an impact on your insurance obligation with the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK).
Integration assistance for the mentally ill

Do you have a mental illness or do you live with a mentally ill person? The various aids are intended to help you participate in social life again.
Integration projects for severely disabled people

If at least 25% of the jobs are filled by newly hired severely disabled people when setting up or expanding a company, funding can be considered as an integration project....
Intended for deletion - Benefits for medical rehabilitation according to SGB IX Approval to avoid the need for long-term care and restrictions on earning capacity

After the occurrence of an insured event (accident at work, commuting accident, occupational disease), the statutory accident insurance covers the costs of the necessary medical...
Intended for deletion - Services for medical rehabilitation according to SGB IX Approval for the prevention of disabilities and chronic illnesses

People with disabilities and people at risk of disability are entitled to medical rehabilitation.
Interest-free loan according to § 3 Family Care Leave Act Granting

Employees who take leave to care for a relative have a legal right to an interest-free loan. The loan is intended to help cushion the loss of earnings caused by the reduction...
Long-term care insurance contribution

The contribution that every person with statutory health insurance has to pay for long-term care insurance is regulated by law.
Matters for Severely Disabled Persons

The competent authority fulfils the following tasks in the field of matters relating to severely disabled persons: Determination of disabilities according to the law on...
Measures for the detection and prevention of dental diseases for persons with health insurance Authorisation

Dental care serves to examine teeth and oral cavity in detail in order to be able to detect and treat possible dental, oral and jaw diseases at an early stage.
Medical and dental treatment for provision covered by statutory accident insurance

In the event of accidents at work or an occupational disease, accident insurance covers the costs of medical, dental or accident medical treatment instead of health insurance.
Medical care for mothers and fathers with health insurance

Health insurance companies offer disease prevention services for mothers and fathers.
Medical officer

The competent authority is obliged to set up a specialised medical service for the performance of its public health service tasks. In Lower Saxony, all doctors who work in these...
Medical rehabilitation benefits for persons covered by health insurance

Rehabilitation can help you to avoid the permanent onset of a disability or need for care or to cope better with the consequences.
Medical Service / Youth Medical Service

The task of the Medical Service / Youth Medical Service is to protect and promote the health of children and adolescents. To this end, he works with day-care centres for...
Medical treatment for persons with health insurance

People with statutory health insurance are entitled to medical treatment.
Medical treatment for war victims

As an impaired person (so-called injured person), you will receive medical treatment for damage to health that has been recognized as a result of an injury or has been caused by...
Medicines and dressings for people with health insurance

Persons with health insurance are entitled to the supply of pharmacy-only medicines and to the supply of bandages.
Medicines and dressings for persons covered by statutory accident insurance Assumption of costs

In the event of accidents at work or an occupational disease, accident insurance covers the costs of medicines and dressings instead of health insurance.
Night care for people with statutory health insurance

People in need of care who are generally cared for at home can be cared for in an institution at night.
Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of the change in personal data

If your personal data changes, you must inform the Artists' Social Security Fund. You should also inform the Artists' Social Security Fund if your contact details are expanded.
Notify the Künstlersozialkasse of the change of health insurance company

If you have statutory health and long-term care insurance through the Künstlersozialkasse, you can change your health insurance under certain conditions.
Occupational health care during stays in the tropics

In the case of professional stays in tropical or subtropical areas, the employer is obliged to arrange for occupational health care.
One-off benefit when admitting a foster child

If a foster child is admitted, one-off lump-sum allowances can be granted and transferred with the first care allowance.
Operating and domestic help from the Agricultural Health Insurance Fund Granting

You can receive benefits from the Agricultural Health Insurance Fund (LKK) for company and domestic help if you are absent due to illness, hospital treatment, preventive or...
Organ donation

Due to a serious illness or accident, you, a family member or a loved one may suddenly find yourself dependent on a life-saving organ or tissue transplant. In Lower Saxony...
Parking permit for the severely disabled: exhibition

Do you live in Lower Saxony and need a parking permit for severely disabled people? Severely disabled persons with exceptional walking disabilities (mark "aG") or...
Participate in an action that prepares young people with disabilities for training.

If you have a disability and have not yet found a training place after the end of compulsory schooling, you can take part in a pre-vocational training measure that takes into...
Participate in the prevention program "RV Fit" of the German Pension Insurance

If you are employed and experience the first impairments or complaints, the German Pension Insurance offers you a free training program with elements of exercise, nutrition and...
Prenatal check-up

The health insurance company covers the costs of early detection examinations and tests necessary during pregnancy.
Prevention benefits for insured persons

Insured persons can inquire with their health insurance company about the possibilities of prevention. The health insurance companies provide quality-assured offers.
Provision of medical treatment for war victims

As an impaired person (so-called injured person), you will receive medical treatment upon request for damage to health that has been recognized as a result of an injury or has...
Psychiatric institution (closed) - Accommodation

People suffering from a serious mental illness or disability may be forcibly committed to a closed psychiatric institution if they pose a present significant danger to...
Receive child injury benefit from the statutory accident insurance

Your child had an accident in kindergarten or school and therefore needs to be cared for by you at home? Then you can receive child injury benefit under certain conditions.
Receive compensation and suspend contributions to the artists' social security fund

If you are unable to work due to illness or pregnancy and receive compensation benefits from another body, you do not have to pay social security contributions through the...
Receive injury benefits from the statutory accident insurance

If you are unable to work due to an accident at work or an occupational disease, you will receive injury benefit.
Receive support in enforcing the permanent placement of a child with the caregivers

The foster child service can support the foster parents if a child is to live permanently in the foster family because the conditions in the family of origin do not improve in...
Receiving transitional benefit due to occupational disease for persons with statutory accident insurance

If you are no longer working due to an occupational disease, you can receive a transitional benefit from the statutory accident insurance.
Recovery of maintenance

Persons entitled to benefits under Book XII of the Social Code (SGB XII) usually also have relatives or relatives who are obliged to pay maintenance. Debtors are required to pay...
Register social security for self-employed artists and publicists

Self-employed artists and publicists are compulsorily insured through the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) in the statutory pension, health and long-term care insurance. To be...
Reimburse the costs of treatment in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities for those with statutory accident insurance

If you have an accident or illness in connection with your work, the statutory accident insurance will pay for the medical treatment.
Reimbursement of loss of earnings in the case of accompaniment of mentally or physically handicapped persons in hospitalisation Grant

As an accompanying person of an inpatient with a disability, you can receive sickness benefit. The sickness benefit compensates you for the loss of earnings resulting from the...
Reimbursement of overpaid pension insurance contributions by the Künstlersozialkasse

If you pay too much into the pension insurance, you will receive a refund.
Relief amount for costs of additional care services for long-term care insured persons

People in need of care who are cared for at home can receive up to 125 euros per month from the nursing care fund. The money can be used to relieve the burden on family...
Remedies for health insurers Financing

Insured persons of the statutory health insurance are entitled to medically necessary remedies.
Remedies for those with statutory accident insurance

In the event of an accident at work or an occupational disease, accident insurance covers the costs of remedies instead of health insurance.
Report a pension to the artists' social security fund

Do you receive a pension from the statutory pension insurance? Then this will have an impact on your insurance status in the artists' social insurance.
Report an accident at work, on the way to work or at school with the statutory accident insurance

If a work, commute or school accident has occurred in your company or facility, you must report it to your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident...
Report changes in the professional situation to the Artists' Social Security Fund

If you are not only self-employed as an artist or journalist, but also carry out other activities or receive social benefits, you must report this to the Artists' Social...
Report suspected side effects and damage to health caused by medicines, vaccines or tissue preparations

By reporting suspected cases of side effects or vaccine complications to the authorities, you help to make medicines and vaccines safer.
Report your expected annual income to the Artists' Social Security Fund

If you are insured through the Artists' Social Security Fund, you must submit an annual income estimate.
Report your stay abroad to the Artists' Social Security Fund

If you stay or work abroad for a longer period of time, this can have an impact on your German social security. You must report a change in your situation to the Artists' Social...
Request an annual statement from the Artists' Social Security Fund

If you are subject to compulsory insurance or subsidies through the Artists' Social Security Fund, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.
Self-help groups

For many problems of health care and coping with illness-related, disease-causing and stressful life situations, you can benefit as an affected person or relative from a...
Senior citizens' and nursing homes in Lower Saxony

Since 01.01.2014 there has been a new senior policy advisory structure in Lower Saxony. The new counselling centres not only replace the previous form of senior citizens'...
Senior Counselling

Senior counselling can help with questions that arise with increasing age. Such questions can be: How can I live in the apartment in an age-appropriate way? How do I apply...
Severely disabled pass change

In the event of significant changes in the health conditions of the applicant disabled person, the competent authority will reassess the disability. At the same time , the...
Sickness assistance according to §40 SGB VIII
Sickness assistance for children, adolescents, young adults and single parents with children in shared living arrangements

Children or adolescents in foster families or in inpatient facilities for children and youth welfare are entitled to medical assistance.
Social assistance benefits as preventive health-related counselling

Persons without health insurance who only receive short-term subsistence assistance may be entitled to health assistance.
Social assistance benefits for children and young people at risk of development and disabilities

If you need help with your livelihood and do not have health insurance – statutory or private – the social welfare provider will provide health assistance. These include: ...
Sociotherapy for people with health insurance Financing

Insured persons who are seriously mentally ill and are unable to make use of medical or medically prescribed services independently are entitled to sociotherapy.
Specialised outpatient palliative care for people with health insurance Financing

Insured persons are entitled to specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) at home or in the family environment.
Statutory accident insurance: Preventing an occupational disease or avoiding the aggravation of an occupational disease

Are you exposed to a risk in your work that can lead to the development, aggravation or resurgence of an occupational disease? Then, under certain conditions, you are entitled...
Submit a photo for the electronic health card

Did you provide your photo for the electronic health card (eGK) more than 10 years ago? Then your health insurance company may ask you to submit a new photo.
Submit costs for implants or orthodontic treatments for adults to the statutory health insurance company in cases of special exceptions

In special or severe exceptional cases, the statutory health insurance fund participates in orthodontic treatments for adults or implants.
Submit notification of aids in the context of rehabilitation for persons with statutory accident insurance

Do you need medical aids such as a wheelchair or glasses because of the consequences of an accident at work or an occupational disease as part of rehabilitation? Then the...
Submit travel and travel expenses for medical treatment in the event of an accident at work or occupational disease

In the event of a recognised accident at work or an occupational disease, you can submit related travel and travel expenses for reimbursement.
Subsidy for sickness insurance for pensioners of the Agricultural Old-Age Fund Approval

If you have voluntary or private health insurance, you can apply for a subsidy to your health insurance.
Supplementary rehabilitation benefits for people with health insurance

Health insurance covers the costs of supplementary rehabilitation services.
Support for re-entry into working life for those with statutory accident insurance

If you have an accident at work or an occupational disease, the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) will use all appropriate means to ensure that you return to work....
Supported employment: Applying for individual in-company training for people with disabilities

If you need special assistance with integration into working life and are currently unable to complete training or further education due to your disability, you can obtain an...
Tasks of the Social Psychiatric Service

Mentally ill people need professional support and help in a crisis situation. The Social Psychiatric Service (SpDi) supports and cares for these people. The aim is to enable...
Temporary full-time care for foster children, accompaniment

Are you a caregiver of a child in full-time care? Then you will receive professional support and advice from the foster child service.
Travel costs

The health insurance companies cover travel costs that are medically necessary in connection with a health insurance service.
Tuberculosis counselling

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease. It is an infectious disease that often begins with uncharacteristic symptoms (cough, fatigue, mild fever, etc.), which mainly affects the...
Vaccination: Advice

Vaccination is one of the most important measures to prevent diseases. For example, some diseases no longer occur or only very rarely, as the majority of people have been...
Vaccinations Financing

The statutory health insurance companies bear the costs for the vaccinations recommended by the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO).
Vaccine damage: recognition

Have you suffered damage to your health as a result of a vaccination or other measure of specific prophylaxis? Has this vaccination been publicly recommended, prescribed or...
View summaries of risk management plans (RMPs) for authorised medicines

On the portal for drug information of the federal and state governments, you can view summaries of risk management plans as a supplement to product and package information.
Workplace health promotion for people with health insurance

Health insurance companies offer services for occupational health care.
Youth counselling

Youth counselling can be perceived both as a task of youth work and in a youth, education and family counselling centre. In youth work Today, youth counselling sees itself more...

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