Atupri CareMed

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Atupri CareMed

  • Family doctor model

  • Primary care: family doctor

General

General information:

Health insurance model «CareMed» of the Swiss insurance company Atupri.

Health insurance model:
Family doctor model: When you use a family doctor policy, you are required to visit your relevant family doctor first. Your doctor may then refer you to specialists, therapists or hospitals. A primary consultation from your doctor is not necessary in the event of medical emergencies, gynecological examinations and treatments by eye doctors.
Choice of doctor:
Your choice of family doctor is limited to just one doctor from the Atupri doctor list.
Medical partner:
Argomed, Ärztenetzwerk Thurgau, Beodocs, Doccare, Docnet, DOXnet, Grisomed, Hapmed, HARESO, HAV Schwyz, HAV-SH, Hawa, Igomed, iNetz, localmed, Medbase, MediX, mediX limmimed, MedNet Biel-Bienne, mednetbern, Monvia, PizolCare, RhyMed, xundart, zimdoc, zmed, Zolamed, Zürcher Gesundheitsnetz.
Pharmacy choice:
You get free choice of pharmacy
Payment methods:
20% of payments are made using the tiers garant payment method, in which you pay and claim reimbursement.
80% of payments are tiers payant, meaning the bills are paid directly by the insurance (Atupri).
Reimbursement:
The average waiting period before tiers garant reimbursement from Atupri is 3 days.
Financial reserves:
The solvency ratio shows how available financial reserves compare to Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) minimum reserve requirements. The solvency ratio of Atupri is 137% (according to FOPH data). The minimum ratio required by the FOPH is 100%.
Number of policyholders:
A total of 193,285 people hold compulsory health insurance policies from Atupri.
Additional child-discount:
Atupri does not offer additional premium reductions for more than one child.
Administrative costs:
5.6% (ratio of adminstrative costs to risk-adjusted premiums as per BAG data).
Administrative costs per policyholder:
CHF 186 (as per the most recent BAG data).

Customer satisfaction

General satisfaction    7.3/10 (Satisfactory)
Helpfulness    7.5/10 (Good)
Billing: flexibility    7.7/10 (Good)
Reimbursement: time frame    7.2/10 (Satisfactory)
Product information    7.0/10 (Acceptable)