Outpatient bathing treatments

How to receive outpatient bathing treatment

1. Submit an application

Make an appointment with your doctor, who will determine the medical necessity of a spa treatment and submit an application for "Initiation of outpatient preventive treatment in recognised health resorts in accordance with §23 Para. 2 SGB V" with you.

Tip: wait for the approval notice if you wish to claim social insurance benefits. If the application is rejected, you can appeal. You have the right to choose the spa resort.

2. Who pays for the therapy?

Once the medical necessity has been established, the costs are covered proportionately by the relevant funding bodies. Statutory health insurance covers the costs of medical treatment and 90% of the spa treatment costs. The remaining expenses (e.g. accommodation, meals, travel fees, visitor's tax) are subsidised by most health insurance companies up to a maximum of 16 euros. A health resort stay at your own expense is possible at any time.

3. Where can you apply for a spa treatment?

• For employees subject to social security contributions, pensioners, homemakers and children who are insured themselves or as family members: your statutory health insurance (GKV)
• For employees with pension insurance: German Pension Insurance (DRV)
• For civil service employees: Beihilfestelle (civil service aid department) 
• For spa therapies following an accident at work: accident insurance (UV) and employers' liability insurance association (BG)

4. When does it begin?

If your application is approved by one of the above-mentioned authorities, you should start your spa treatment within four months, otherwise, your entitlement will expire.

5. Appointment with the spa doctor in the health resort

Before your arrival, schedule an appointment with a spa doctor in Bad Nauheim to determine your individual treatment plan. During your stay, the spa doctor will conduct an initial, intermediate and final examination.