Certain employees of statutory health insurance funds and their associations are subject to the principles of civil service law, even if they are employed under private law. If you are subject to so-called service regulations, you can opt for partial reimbursement of benefits from your health insurance fund. You can also opt for partial reimbursement of costs

• civil servants who work for a company health insurance fund or a miners' health insurance fund
• pension recipients for whom a service regulation applies - for example company pensioners.

With partial reimbursement, you pay for services that would otherwise be billed via the electronic health card on account. You submit the invoice to your health insurance fund and then receive full or partial reimbursement of your expenses.

The statutes of your health insurance company determine whether and to what extent you can choose partial reimbursement, as well as for which services and how the procedure works exactly.

As a rule, you will agree in advance with your health insurance company on the partial reimbursement of costs for a specific area of care.