Outpatient bathing treatment is aimed at maintaining health or supporting recovery. Here, you will find information on the effects, procedure and application for the treatment.
If you've ever taken a brine tub bath, you'll know how soothing it is. During outpatient bathing treatment in Bad Nauheim in the Taunus, you will typically enjoy multiple sessions of these saltwater baths. They have a proven health-promoting effect, protect against illness, alleviate and prevent the worsening of complaints or heal existing ailments. The baths can also improve circulation, strengthen the cardiovascular system and help with sleep disorders, allergies, skin conditions or kidney and bladder complaints.
Bathing treatments have been practised in Bad Nauheim since the 19th century. The first bathhouse with nine tubs was built in 1835 on the site of today's Dankeskirche (Thanksgiving Church).
You can benefit from outpatient bathing treatment in Bad Nauheim as a self-payer or by applying to your health insurance company. Before submitting an application to your insurer, the medical necessity of the treatment must be confirmed by your general practitioner. Following approval, you can select the clinic providing treatment and your accommodation yourself. After you arrive in Bad Nauheim, a personalised therapy plan will be put together. More detailed information is available further down.
If you have any questions, including about applying for outpatient bathing treatment, we are happy to help.
Brine baths are typically central to outpatient bathing treatment in Bad Nauheim. In the physiotherapy practice “Ars Vitae” run by Eva Bertels, you can take advantage of these as part of a bathing treatment as a preventive measure.
What you need to do:
After applying for outpatient bathing treatment and receiving approval, contact the Ärztehaus am Park in Bad Nauheim to coordinate your individual therapy plan.
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?
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.