Approval by the health insurance company

When  prescribing for the first time,  approval must first be obtained from the insured person’s responsible health insurance company.

You can have the application personalized using our patient quiz:

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Decision deadlines

The health insurance company must  have decided on the application   no later than  three weeks after receipt of the application.

In cases where the health insurance company considers an expert opinion from the  medical service  to be necessary, this period is extended to a  maximum of five weeks  after receipt of the application.

For patients who are in specialized outpatient palliative care according to Section 37b SGB V, the approval period for the health insurance company is shortened to three days (Section 31 Paragraph 6 Sentence 3 SGB V).

Reasons for rejection

The law also stipulates that the health insurance company may refuse approval  “only in  justified exceptional cases ” .