Rehabilitation, preventative care – for your health
Even after all the reforms in the health care system and the pension reform, there are still cures or rehabilitation procedures that are fully or partially financed by the social security institutions.
The traditional term “cure”, which is no longer used in the new social legislation, encompasses a wide range of therapeutic methods, which, depending on the severity of the disease, are used differentiated for prevention, rehabilitation or relief of chronic diseases.
For members of the Statutory Health Insurance and Statutory Pension Insurance, the following forms of the wide-ranging system of pension and sickness treatment are of particular importance:
- Medical screening and rehabilitation for mothers/fathers (including mother/father child measures)
- Ambulatory preventive services
- Inpatient pension benefits
- Outpatient rehabilitation
- Inpatient rehabilitation
How does the application work?
Anyone who cares about his health and wants to do something to preserve it can apply for a preventive or rehabilitation measure. The key to the success of a cure is to integrate it into the treatment at the right stage of the course of the disease.
According to the Social Code, insured persons can apply to their statutory health insurance for necessary outpatient preventive care in recognized spa resorts (cf. SGB V s 23. 2), inpatient preventive care (cf. SGB V s 23. 4) or outpatient inpatient rehabilitation services (cf. SGB V s 40; SGB VI s 9).
For an application, it is necessary to talk to your attending physician. Together, you submit the application to your responsible payer, health or pension insurance. On this application, you can specify Bad Dürrheim as your desired spa resort. Subsequently, the medical service, the contract or official doctor reviews the application for a cure. The approval is then carried out by your competent health insurance, pension or aid agency. If your application is rejected, you can object in writing with the support of your doctor.
In the PDF file „Die Kur im Sozialrecht“ , you will find the exact procedure for applying for the cure!