Unimed

What Unimed does

Unimed (legal name: unimed Abrechnungsservice für Kliniken und Chefärzte GmbH) is a privately held German healthcare services company founded in 1984 and headquartered in Wadern, Saarland. It provides outsourced private patient billing (Privatliquidationserstellung) for hospitals and chief physicians, with claimed coverage of 80+ medical specialties and GOÄ-compliant processing of 3+ million billings (2019 data). The company sells primarily to large enterprise customers, including university clinics and hospitals of 600+ beds across the entire German federal territory, supported by a regional direct-sales team (Außendienst) plus a centralized customer center (Kundencenter) and dedicated customer/patient portals.

The core offering is the AbrechnungPLUS Integrated Private Liquidation System, which combines file logistics (both digital and physical courier), GOÄ-compliant medical evaluation, patient and payor correspondence handled by in-house lawyers, and debt collection up to factoring. Add-on service modules (dashboards, benchmarks) and the unimed Akademie consulting/training arm extend the platform beyond pure billing. Technology components include encrypted PDF exchange, direct access to clinic systems, integration with multiple electronic patient record providers, and digital document management; no public API, partner SDK, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

The business model is professional services, augmented by a transaction fee stream from a factoring partner. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is built per clinic based on size, invoice volume, private patient share, and selected modules. Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales, trial billing (Probeabrechnung) as a customer acquisition mechanism, and content/social channels. The company is fully owned/operated without disclosed outside investors, holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, and operates from seven German cities (Wadern HQ plus St. Ingbert, Saarbrücken, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Wiesbaden, Koblenz).

Name

Unimed

Legal name

unimed Abrechnungsservice für Kliniken und Chefärzte GmbH

Website

https://unimed.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Unimed is a German medical billing company founded in 1984 that provides GOÄ-compliant private patient billing, documentation, and process services for hospitals and chief physicians across Germany, processing over three million billings annually across 80+ medical specialties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Billing Services

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Billing & Patient Payments Presentment (FSAMAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Patient Financial Engagement (Estimates, Billing Presentment, Payments) (HLACAEAI)

Keywords

• Medical billing services
• Private patient invoicing
• Healthcare revenue cycle
• Medical practice consulting
• GOÄ billing expertise

Headquarters

HQ city

Wadern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Privatliquidationsabrechnung für Kliniken und Chefärzte: Core billing service for private patient invoices (Privatliquidationserstellung) for hospitals and chief physicians. Handles complete billing workflow from file receipt through payment collection.
2. Zusätzliche Servicemodule: Additional services including medical record logistics, legal correspondence handling, dunning and collection, and factoring. Full-service and partial solutions available.
3. Factoring-Partnerservice: Partner-provided factoring service for clinics wishing to sell receivables.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Unimed provides outsourced private patient billing (Privatliquidationsabrechnung) and end-to-end administrative services for German hospitals and chief physicians via its integrated AbrechnungPLUS platform. Services span document logistics, GOÄ-compliant medical evaluation across 80+ specialties, patient and payer correspondence managed by in-house lawyers, debt collection and factoring, and digital dashboards/benchmarks, complemented by consulting and competency development through the unimed Akademie.

Product overview

Unimed offers AbrechnungPLUS – Integriertes Privatliquidationsystem as its unified core product platform, complemented by multiple product modules (Aktenlogistik, Medizinische Auswertung, Patienten- und Kostenträger-Korrespondenz, Mahnwesen/Inkasso/Factoring) and service modules (Dashboards, Benchmarks). The platform is further supported by the unimed Akademie for training and consulting, with dedicated customer and patient portals for account management. Founded in 1984, the company serves university clinics and large hospitals (600+ beds) across Germany, processing over 3 million liquidations annually with coverage of more than 80 medical specialty areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AbrechnungPLUS – Integriertes Privatliquidationsystem: Integrated private liquidation system for clinics and chief physicians
• unimed Akademie

Products and services

• AbrechnungPLUS – Integriertes Privatliquidationsystem Unimed's flagship integrated private billing platform that handles the complete billing process for private patients in German hospitals, from document logistics and medical evaluation through correspondence and debt collection, serving clinics and chief physicians.
• unimed Akademie Consulting and competency development services covering billing, digitization, processes, and finance in medical institutions, supporting customer training and onboarding through systematic expertise transfer.
• Kundenportal Web-based customer portal for managing all documents related to contractual relationships with Unimed, including invoices, billing data, and patient information, available to enterprise customers.
• Patientenportal Web-based patient portal for submitting inquiries on billing-related topics and complaints regarding private patient invoices processed by Unimed.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3+ million billings processed per year (2019)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• IHK Saarland, Saaris.ev, and Servicestelle Arbeiten und Leben im Saarland (ALS)minorOthersPartnership for obtaining the 'Familienfreundliches Unternehmen' (Family-Friendly Company) certification. IHK Saarland (Chamber of Industry and Commerce), Saaris.ev (Saarland Innovation Agency), and ALS (Working and Living in Saarland Service Office) collaborated to certify unimed's family-friendly HR policies and flexible working arrangements.
• MAGELLAN Säugling Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSpecialized legal consulting firm providing data protection officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter) services. MAGELLAN advises unimed on all data protection and data security matters, with their expert serving as unimed's official DPO. Contact: [email protected]
• Saarländische Krebsgesellschaft (Saarland Cancer Society)minorOthersCharitable partnership supporting the Saarland Cancer Society as part of unimed's sustainability and social responsibility initiatives. CEO Daniel Spurk states this is a natural fit for supporting important medical causes.
• Electronic Patient Record Providers (Various)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnerships with various electronic patient record (elektronische Patientenakte) providers enabling digital data exchange and direct system access for streamlined billing workflows.
• Factoring PartnerminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExternal partner providing factoring services offered to clinics as part of the Mahnwesen, Inkasso, Factoring module for accounts receivable management.
• BGM Cooperation Partners (Various Health Service Providers)minorOthersVarious professional health sector partners providing digital health offerings, exercise activities, and health days as part of unimed's Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement (BGM) program.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Doctolib: Leading European digital health platform operating in Germany with appointment booking, practice management, and increasingly billing-adjacent features for physicians. Comparable as a digital health incumbent serving German medical practices with overlapping administrative service ambitions.
• CompuGroup Medical (CGM): Major European healthcare IT vendor providing practice management, hospital information systems, and physician billing software. Overlaps with Unimed's billing focus as part of a broader healthcare IT portfolio addressing German hospital and physician customers.

Direct peers

• Mediserv GmbH: German medical billing and receivables management company serving physicians and hospitals. Comparable to Unimed in providing private patient billing, dunning, and factoring services within the German healthcare system.
• RZV Rechenzentrum Volmarstein GmbH: IT and billing services provider for hospitals and healthcare institutions in Germany. Comparable to Unimed in offering operational billing and administrative services to hospital customers across Germany.
• DGN Service GmbH: German provider of billing and administrative services for physicians and medical facilities. Comparable to Unimed in offering outsourced billing workflow solutions for German healthcare providers.
• PVS dental Group: German medical/dental billing services provider serving private patients for clinics and dentists. Directly comparable to Unimed in offering outsourced private billing and collection services under German fee schedules (GOZ/GOÄ).
• Zentralinstitut für die kassenärztliche Versorgung (ZI): Central institute managing physician billing data and services for the German statutory healthcare system. Comparable to Unimed as a billing services specialist serving German physicians and healthcare institutions, though focused on the statutory rather than private segment.
• Medisoft: German medical software and billing services company serving physicians and medical practices. Comparable to Unimed in providing GOÄ-oriented billing and practice administration tools within the German private healthcare segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookde-de.facebook.com/unimed.de
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/unimed-abrechnungsservice-f%C3%BCr-kliniken-chef%C3%A4rzte
• Instagraminstagram.com/unimed.de/?hl=de

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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