- The federal government should amend Article 84a para. 1 KVG so that authorities can pass on certain personal data to private supplementary insurers for the coordination of benefit assessments.
- The data transmitted must concern the same case of illness and be limited exclusively to related circumstances and diagnoses.
Submitted text
The Federal Council is instructed to prepare a draft for the Amendment of Article 84a(1) of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994 on Health Insurance (KVG) to be submitted to the bodies entrusted with the implementation, control or supervision of the implementation of this Act or of the Federal Act of 26 September 2014 on the Supervision of Social Health Insurance, be authorized, subject to certain conditions, to disclose to private health insurance institutions such data, including personal data, as they may require for the coordination of their assessment and calculation of claims for benefits. The data disclosed must concern the same case of illness and must relate exclusively to the associated circumstances and diagnoses. The data concerned shall be specified in the draft amendment, if necessary.
Justification
The catalog under Article 84a (1) KVG must be expanded accordingly to guarantee efficient cooperation between the mandatory health care insurers and the private supplementary insurers.