Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe

What Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe does

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe gGmbH is a non-profit acute-care hospital in Berlin-Kladow, founded on January 2, 1995 as Berlin's only anthroposophic hospital and operating under the legal form gemeinnützige GmbH. It runs 14 specialist departments and centres covering emergency medicine, anaesthesia, general/visceral and plastic surgery, gynaecology/obstetrics, gastroenterology and diabetology, geriatrics, integrative pain and addiction medicine, intensive care and cardiology, a lung centre, an oncology centre, psychosomatic medicine, and a day clinic for internal medicine. The hospital is an academic teaching hospital of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and holds DKG certifications for its breast, colorectal and lung cancer centres, Germany's first ICLEZ-certified interventional lung emphysema centre, KTQ certification (5th recertification 2023), Baby-Friendly certification, and Europe's first ESR Green Radiology certificate.

Its clinical technology combines guideline-based conventional medicine with anthroposophic integrative therapies — including mistletoe therapy, metal colour light therapy, eurythmy, art and music therapy, anthroposophic nursing, and a regional organic nutritional concept. Distinctive technical capabilities include the Da Vinci Xi robotic surgery system (introduced January 2026), a specialised apheresis/immunotherapy centre, hyperthermia, free microvascular lymph node transplantation for lymphedema, and a Day Clinic for Internal Medicine that opened in February 2024. The affiliated Forschungsinstitut Havelhöhe (FIH) coordinates the multi-centre Network Oncology registry with over 24,000 oncological patients, producing real-world evidence studies including published outcomes on mistletoe therapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors for non-small cell lung cancer.

The hospital's business model is reimbursement-driven within Germany's regulated healthcare system. Inpatient acute services are billed under the G-DRG (Diagnosis-Related Groups) system to statutory health insurers (GKV), and private patients are reimbursed under GOÄ. The hospital also operates partial-hospitalisation (Tagesklinik) and outpatient specialty programmes billed under teilstationäre and ambulante codes, and participates in named quality contracts with Barmer and Techniker Krankenkasse for interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy (IMST). GKH serves as a regional referral centre for Spandau and southwest Berlin, with physician-to-physician referral pathways, a 24/7 emergency department, community outreach through the Campus Havelhöhe events platform, and earned media coverage. Go-to-market combines enterprise-style referral relationships with primary care physicians and specialists, public-facing content via YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, and on-campus cultural and educational events.

Name

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe

Legal name

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe gGmbH

Website

https://havelhoehe.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe is a Berlin non-profit acute-care hospital combining conventional medicine with anthroposophic integrative therapies across 14 specialty departments. It serves patients in Berlin-Brandenburg, operates DKG-certified cancer centers, and functions as a Charité academic teaching hospital reimbursed under German G-DRG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based & Nonprofit Hospital Systems (HLAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAC)

Keywords

• Acute hospital care
• Anthroposophic medicine
• Integrative oncology
• Medical specialist departments
• Hospital healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) Reimbursement: The hospital is a registered acute care provider reimbursed under Germany's statutory health insurance system. Treatment costs for covered services are billed through the German DRG (Diagnosis-Related Groups) system and other regulated fee schedules. The hospital participates in quality contracts with major insurers (Barmer, Techniker Krankenkasse) for specialized programs such as interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy (IMST).
2. Private Health Insurance (PKV) Reimbursement: The hospital treats private insurance patients who are reimbursed under private fee schedules (GOÄ - Gebührenordnung für Ärzte).
3. Day Clinic and Outpatient Services: Partial hospitalization (Tagesklinik) programs for chronic diseases (COPD, IBD, chronic pain) and outpatient specialty clinics generate revenue under teilstationäre and ambulante billing codes.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe is a non-profit acute hospital in Berlin-Kladow that delivers conventional evidence-based hospital medicine combined with anthroposophic integrative therapies. It operates 14 specialist departments and centers covering emergency medicine, surgery, internal medicine, oncology, obstetrics, geriatrics, pain and palliative medicine, and psychosomatics, functioning as an academic teaching hospital of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Product overview

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe is an acute hospital with an integrative approach combining conventional evidence-based medicine with anthroposophic therapies. The hospital operates as an academic teaching hospital of Charité and offers services through 14 specialist departments and centres. Core offerings include comprehensive acute hospital care (emergency medicine, surgery, internal medicine), while the distinctive integrative approach incorporates anthroposophic treatments such as mistletoe therapy, art therapies, music therapy, eurythmy, and specialized nursing care. The oncology centre is a key offering, comprising DKG-certified breast, colorectal, lung, and gynecological cancer centres. Supporting services include the Forschungsinstitut Havelhöhe (research institute), day clinic for internal medicine, integrative pain medicine, geriatrics, and comprehensive nutritional medicine programmes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acute Hospital Care (14 specialist departments)
• Oncology Centre (Onkologisches Zentrum)
• Lung Centre (Lungenzentrum)
• Tagesklinik Innere Medizin (Day Clinic for Internal Medicine)
• Anaesthesia and Preclinical Emergency Medicine
• General and Visceral Surgery with Da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgery
• Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Gastroenterology, Diabetology and Nutritional Medicine
• Geriatrics (Acute and Day Clinic)
• Integrative Pain Medicine
• Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Cardiology
• Interdisciplinary Addiction Medicine
• Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
• Centre for Immunotherapies / Apheresis Centre
• Anthroposophic Nursing Care
• Anthroposophic Therapies (Mistletoe Therapy, Eurythmy, Art and Music Therapy)
• Nutritional Therapy (Ernährungstherapie)
• Plastic and Hand Surgery

Quantifiable outcome

• Mistletoe therapy combined with checkpoint inhibitors showed median OS of 13.8 months vs 6.8 months for NSCLC patients
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann (Potsdam)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2025A cooperation between GKH Havelhöhe and Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann in lung medicine, combining GKH's pneumology and interventional thoracic endoscopy with EvB's thoracic surgery, pneumology, and ventilation medicine. First collaboration involves joint thoracic surgery for lung cancer and emphysema treatment. GKH's ICLEZ-certified emphysema center is supported by EvB's thoracic surgery team. Both institutions aim to develop model structures for the future hospital landscape.
• Charité Berlin – Frauenklinik (Department of Gynecology)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Dr. Maximilian Beck, specialist at Charité's Department of Gynecology, joined GKH as co-leader of the Gynecology and Obstetrics department alongside Dr. Jessica Groß. This represents an important step in medical cooperation between GKH and Charité's gynecology department, building on existing collaborations including the SHIP (Structural Heart Interventions Program) with Deutsche Herzzentrum Charité and the CCCTIM (Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine).
• Berlin CuresminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 January 2024GKH Havelhöhe serves as a clinical trial site for Berlin Cures' Phase-II clinical study of BC 007 for Long COVID treatment. The study investigates the neutralization of functional autoantibodies (fAAKs) as a potential treatment for Long COVID. First results expected in early 2024.
• Clinic Alliance 'Ein gesundes Berlin – nicht ohne uns!'minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 August 2023GKH is a member of a coalition of ~30 free-profit and private Berlin hospitals advocating for equal financial treatment. The alliance, led by DRK Kliniken Berlin Köpenick, filed a lawsuit against the State of Berlin over unequal subsidy distribution favoring the publicly owned Vivantes hospital group.
• BARMER and Techniker KrankenkassecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 July 2023GKH participates in a quality contract for interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy (IMST) jointly developed by BARMER, Techniker Krankenkasse, and the Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft e.V. This is one of 11 hospitals nationwide selected for this program, which offers more comprehensive and targeted therapy for chronic pain patients.
• Forschungsinstitut Havelhöhe (FIH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Forschungsinstitut Havelhöhe (FIH) is the hospital's affiliated research institute conducting real-world evidence studies in integrative oncology. FIH coordinates the Network Oncology registry with over 24,000 patients. FIH researchers present at international congresses (ESMO, SIO Europe, WCTCIM) and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Netzwerk Onkologie (Network Oncology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-center clinical registry for integrative oncology, coordinated by FIH. Contains real-world data on over 24,000 oncological patients, supporting studies on mistletoe therapy, checkpoint inhibitors, and integrative cancer care outcomes. Partner institutions across Germany contribute data.
• Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with CCCTIM on the OCEANIC systematic review on cost-effectiveness of integrative oncology, published in Frontiers in Public Health 2026. Both institutions co-authored the first comprehensive systematic review on health economic analyses in integrative oncology, aligned with the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025-2034.
• Galerie Gerda BassengeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerArt gallery that provided auction support for the charitable art auction benefiting GKH Havelhöhe on July 4, 2026. David Bassenge served as auctioneer. Auction raised €11,100 for the hospital.
• Berliner Golf Club Gatow e. V.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal golf club that co-sponsored the charitable art auction benefiting GKH Havelhöhe on July 4, 2026, contributing to the €11,100 raised.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Asklepios Kliniken: Major German private hospital group with significant Berlin presence (including academic affiliations). Comparable as a broad multi-specialty hospital operator in the same German DRG context, lacking GKH's non-profit/anthroposophic niche.
• Sana Kliniken: German private hospital group owned by the non-profit Barmherzige Brüder Trier, providing broad multi-specialty inpatient care. Comparable as a German non-profit/private hospital operator with similar size profile to GKH, though without anthroposophic specialization.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Europe's largest university hospital and GKH's academic teaching partner. Comparable as a Berlin acute-care hospital with overlapping oncology, gynecology, and cardiology services, but operating at far greater scale and without the anthroposophic focus.
• Helios Kliniken: Largest German private hospital group operating across all major acute specialties including oncology, cardiology, and surgery. Comparable as a multi-specialty German hospital operator, but as a for-profit chain without anthroposophic differentiation.

Direct peers

• Friedrich-Husemann-Klinik: Anthroposophic psychiatric and psychosomatic clinic in Buchenbach, Germany. Comparable as a fellow anthroposophic specialist hospital within the same movement, sharing GKH's psychosomatics and integrative therapy approach, though focused on psychiatry.
• Klinik Arlesheim: Anthroposophic hospital in Arlesheim, Switzerland, offering integrated internal medicine, oncology, and psychiatry with anthroposophic therapies. Closest international peer sharing GKH's care model, anthroposophic pharmacy, and research orientation in integrative oncology.
• Paracelsus-Krankenhaus Unterlenhengardt: Anthroposophic hospital in Bad Liebenzell, Germany, providing internal medicine, oncology, and psychosomatic care with anthroposophic therapies. Directly comparable as a German anthroposophic hospital operator with similar size and service mix.
• Filderklinik: Anthroposophic acute-care hospital in Filderstadt near Stuttgart operating on the same integrative medicine model as GKH Havelhöhe, combining conventional specialty care with anthroposophic therapies. Same legal structure, philosophy, and DKG-style certification ambitions, making it the closest German comparable.

Regional players

• Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit: Berlin's publicly-owned hospital network and the central party in the subsidy-discrimination lawsuit GKH supports. Comparable as a multi-site Berlin hospital operator competing for the same regional patient pool, but publicly owned and far larger.
• Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann: Public acute hospital in Potsdam, Brandenburg, and GKH's 2025 lung medicine cooperation partner. Comparable as a regional German acute hospital with overlapping pneumology, thoracic surgery, and oncology services, but state-owned and without anthroposophic focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/KlinikHavelhoehe
• Facebookfacebook.com/havelhoehe
• Instagraminstagram.com/havelhoehe_berlin

Compliance10 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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