Atupri HMO

  • HMO model

  • Primary care: HMO center

General

General information:

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

Health insurance model:
HMO model: As an HMO policy holder, you are required to get medical consultation from a doctor at an eligible HMO center before receiving further treatment. Your HMO center may then refer you to specialists, therapists or hospitals. A primary consultation from an HMO center is not necessary in the event of medical emergencies, gynecological examinations and treatments by eye doctors.
Choice of doctor:
Your choice of general practitioners is limited to doctors at HMO health centers which partner with Atupri.
Medical partner:
Ärztenetz Nordwest, Centramed, MediX, mediX limmimed, mediX luzern, mediX säntis, mediX winterthur, Monvia, PizolCare, Réseau Delta, Sanacare.
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)