Alternative therapies and medicines
Reimbursements
The treatments provided may supplement standard medical care. Recognised alternative therapies are acupuncture and homoeopathy.
What are alternative medicines?
Alternative medicines are medicines that fall outside standard medical care. Examples are anthroposophic and homoeopathic medicines.
When will you qualify for reimbursement?
The following alternative therapies will qualify for reimbursement:
- acupuncture
- anthroposophic eurythmy
- anthroposophic psychotherapy
- anthroposophic therapy
- body-oriented psychotherapy
- chirophonetic therapy
- chiropractic
- craniosacral therapy
- creative arts therapy
- energetic therapy
- gestalt therapy
- haptotherapy
- (classic) homoeopathy
- hypnotherapy
- integrative psychotherapy
- kinesiology
- manual therapy E.S. (Egg Shell)
- mesology
- musculoskeletal medicine
- neural therapy
- neurofeedback
- osteopathy
- orthomanual medicine
- orthomolecular medicine
- phytotherapy
- psychotherapy
- reflex zone therapy
- Van Dixhoorn breathing and relaxation therapy method
You will qualify for a reimbursement for alternative medicines if the medicines in question have been included in the G-standard of Z-Index. Check this on the website www.cbg-meb.nl. You will see whether the alternative medicine in question has been included in the G-standard under the heading 'geneesmiddeleninformatiebank voor mensen' (medicine information database for people).
Prescription
You will require a prescription from a physician or your alternative care provider for alternative medicines. The alternative care provider must meet the conditions set out in the List of alternative care providers.
Reimbursement for alternative therapies and medicines
You do not qualify for alternative therapies and medicines under HollandZorg public healthcare insurance. However, our supplementary insurance does qualify you for reimbursement. The maximum reimbursement applies to alternative therapies and alternative medicines taken together.
Vergoeding
U heeft vanuit de basisverzekering geen recht op vergoeding van alternatieve geneesmiddelen. De meeste van onze aanvullende verzekeringen bieden wel een vergoeding van alternatieve geneesmiddelen:
| Health Insurance | Supplementary |
| Basic Health Insurance | none |
| Supplementary Insurance | Supplementary |
| Start | none |
| Extra | none |
| Plus | max. € 40,- per treatment up to max. € 350,- per calender year* |
| Top | max. € 40,- per treatment up to max. € 550,- per calender year* |
| No Risk | none |
| No Risk II | none |
Statutory personal contribution
No statutory personal contribution applies to alternative therapies or alternative medicines.
Compulsory excess
No policy excess will apply for the costs of care under the supplementary insurance.
Who may provide this type of care?
The care provider offering the alternative therapy must meet the conditions set out in the List of alternative care providers and have a valid personal and practice AGB code. The list states which professional association and umbrella organisation the care provider must be affiliated with or must be a member of and in which register the care provider must be entered. The invoice states the professional association which the care provider is affiliated with or which it is a member of, and it contains the valid personal and practice AGB code. The invoice also contains an overview of the treatments per day.
A dispensing chemist or a dispensing general practitioner can provide you with alternative medicines.
Please note:
The information on this page is a brief outline of the reimbursements. No rights can be derived from this page. You can only derive rights from our insurance conditions 2024.
Your health insurance
In My HollandZorg you will find all information about your health insurance policy.
Maximum rates for a non-contracted care provider
Have you chosen a healthcare provider with whom we have no contract? Then, we will reimburse according to our maximum rates for 2024. If the rate invoiced by the non-contracted care provider is higher than our maximum rates, you will have to pay the difference yourself. You will be able to find contracted care providers with our Care finder.
Reimbursements, conditions and regulations 2023
