SBK healthcare card
It’s easy to access all services with the SBK health care card
Your healthcare card gives you access to all services - in doctors' offices, recognized therapists and clinics. The healthcare card has an encrypted chip. Previously, only general data such as name, gender, date of birth, address and insurance number were stored on the health card. If you give your doctor your explicit consent, you can also have health data stored on the card or store it yourself in the
Your photo on the healthcare card
To ensure that your SBK healthcare card is better protected against misuse, all insured persons over the age of 15 will receive a card with a photo. Insurants who cannot submit a photo for health reasons receive a card without a photo. This might be, for example, someone who is unable to care for themselves and not mobile.
How to upload your photo:
You can upload your photo for the SBK healthcare card online. You can find this function in Meine SBK. Simply register
Contactless data exchange through NFC technology
All insurants have a healthcare card with NFC technology. This card enables contactless data exchange. It is easily recognizable by the contactless symbol and the six-digit number at the top of the front. The NFC-enabled healthcare card is a prerequisite for the
Integrated European Health Insurance Card
The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for abroad is integrated on the back of the SBK healthcare card. This gives you basic cover in most European countries. For optimum cover abroad, we also recommend an
The EHIC is valid in the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Cyprus (southern part).
More information on using your healthcare card
Validity: Please always use the SBK healthcare card that we last sent you. As soon as you have received a new healthcare card, your old card is no longer valid and will be blocked, regardless of the validity date printed on it.
Replacement certificate: However, if your healthcare card does not work, we can simply send the doctor's office a replacement certificate. You can also download this replacement certificate yourself at any time from your online self-service branch
Requesting a new healthcare card
Do you need a new SBK healthcare card? Order it conveniently in Meine SBK.