Company health insurance for health professions
| Company health insurance for health professions | |
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| social insurance | Statutory health insurance |
| Cash register type | Company health insurance fund (open) |
| legal form | Public corporation in liquidation |
| founding | July 1, 1996 |
| resolution | December 31, 2011 |
| Jurisdiction | Germany |
| Seat | Dusseldorf |
| Board | Oliver Reken |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Insurance Office |
| Website | www.bkk-heilberufe.de |
The company health insurance fund for health professions (BKK für Heilberufe) was a German statutory health insurance from the group of company health insurance funds . The health insurance was open nationwide. It was based in Düsseldorf .
It was closed on December 31, 2011 by the Federal Insurance Office .
history
In 1996 she took over 1,300 insured persons from BKK Nordstern ( Colonia group ). At the end of 1996 it had 10,500 members. At the end of 1997, the BKK for the health professions had over 53,000 members, including 20,000 medical assistants, 14,000 dental assistants and a further 10,000 members from the pharmacy sector.
In 2003, the BKK had around 460,000 insured persons and had debts of 200 million euros. The two board members Hansjoerg Schulten and Klaus Möller had to leave the company.
In 2011, the local merger with the BKK failed . Since the BKK could not find another merger partner for the health professions, its closure was ordered by the Federal Insurance Office on December 31, 2011.
Contributions
Since January 1, 2009, the contribution rates have been standardized. Since January 1, 2010, the BKK für Heilberufe has levied an income- dependent additional contribution of 1% of the contribution-based income, at least 8.00 euros. From January 1, 2011, the individual additional contribution was set at 10.00 euros per month.
Memberships
The BKK für Heilberufe founded the argab together with five other company health insurance funds : the working group against billing fraud .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Insurance Office closes BKK for health professions at the end of the year . (PDF) Press release No. 11/2011
- ^ Josef Maus: Health insurance: BKK for health professions continues to expand . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . tape 95 , no. 37 , September 11, 1998, pp. A-2242 / B-1821 / C-1669 .
- ^ BKK for health professions: financial crisis . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . tape 100 , no. 8 , February 21, 2003, p. A-437 / B-381 / C-361 .
- ↑ Public announcement on the closure of the BKK for health professions. ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BKK website for health professions on closure, November 2, 2011:
- ↑ BKK for health professions levies an additional contribution of 10 € from 2011 . Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
