Fontane-Klinik

What Fontane-Klinik does

Fontane-Klinik is a privately operated psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic located in Mittenwalde OT Motzen, Brandenburg, approximately 50 km southeast of Berlin. Founded in 1996 and operated under parent entity EfGe Entwicklungsgesellschaft für Gesundheitseinrichtungen mbH (Melle, Germany), the clinic runs 248 beds distributed across three specialized departments: 135 places for addiction disorders, 81 places for adult psychosomatics, and 32 places for child and adolescent psychosomatics. The campus spans more than 90,000 square meters within a protected landscape area surrounded by lakes and forest, with on-site therapeutic amenities including a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium, music studio, library, teaching kitchen, and an animal enclosure. The clinic is led by Managing Director Lars Spudy and Chief Physician Björn Tharun, with Axel Busch chairing the advisory board.

The service offering is centered on multidisciplinary rehabilitation combining individual and group psychotherapy, sports and exercise therapy, creative therapies, and nature-based interventions, with family-integrated care (including the therapeutic daycare Kita Schwalbennest) for the pediatric department. The clinic is contracted under §111 of the German Social Security Code V (SGB V) as a Versorgungsvertrag provider, with the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund acting as the lead payer, statutory health insurance funds as the secondary payer class, and supplementary access for privately insured and Beihilfe-eligible civil servants. Quality is anchored by Degemed certification (since 2006, most recently renewed in 2024) and participation in the DRV quality assurance program, alongside a Gold smoke-free clinic certification (2017). Patients access the clinic through rehabilitation applications submitted to DRV or health insurers, supported by a referral network spanning hospitals, outpatient physicians, counseling centers, youth welfare offices, and self-help groups across Germany.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed, but capacity and day-rate benchmarks place annual revenue in the $25M–$50M band with medium confidence. The business model is essentially a regulated B2B2C service: patients enter via payer authorization, and the clinic is reimbursed for accommodation, meals, medical care, therapeutic services, and travel costs through institutional payers. Patient co-payment is capped at €10 per calendar day under German statute, with exemptions available. There is no venture, private equity, or public ownership; the clinic operates as a stable, mature, capacity-constrained inpatient rehabilitation asset with recurring three-year accreditation cycles as the principal regulatory rhythm of the business.

Name

Fontane-Klinik

Legal name

Fontane-Klinik

Website

https://fontane-klinik.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fontane-Klinik is a private 248-bed German psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic near Berlin, treating adults and children for addiction, psychosomatic, and developmental disorders under statutory pension and health insurance contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychosomatic Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (622210)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment Programs (HLAFABAD)

Keywords

• Psychosomatic rehabilitation
• Addiction treatment services
• Inpatient rehabilitation care
• Mental health treatment
• Medical rehabilitation clinic

Headquarters

HQ city

Mittenwalde

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rehabilitation Services (DRV): The clinic operates as a contracted rehabilitation facility under § 111 SGB V, providing psychosomatic rehabilitation services primarily funded by the German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund) as the leading payer, with statutory health insurance funds (gesetzliche Krankenkassen) as secondary payers. Treatment costs cover accommodation, meals, medical care, therapeutic services, and travel expenses.
2. Private Health Insurance and Beihilfe: The clinic also treats patients covered by private health insurance and Beihilfe (civil servant subsidies), providing services outside the standard DRV/KK framework.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fontane-Klinik is a contracted psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic with 248 beds, operating under §111 SGB V, delivering inpatient rehabilitation services across three integrated departments: 135 places for addiction disorders, 81 places for adult psychosomatics, and 32 places for child and adolescent psychosomatics. Treatment is primarily funded by the German Pension Insurance (DRV Bund) and statutory health insurance funds, covering accommodation, meals, medical care, and therapeutic services for adults and children with substance dependencies, eating disorders, chronic pain, bipolar and psychotic conditions.

Product overview

Fontane-Klinik is a psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic with 248 beds located southeast of Berlin. The facility operates as a single unified rehabilitation center with three interconnected specialized departments: the Department for Addiction Disorders (135 places), the Department for Psychosomatics (81 places), and the Department for Child and Youth Psychosomatics (32 places). The three departments work synergistically to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services for adults, adolescents, and children suffering from addiction disorders and psychosomatic conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Department for Addiction Disorders (Abteilung für Abhängigkeitserkrankungen)
• Department for Psychosomatics (Abteilung für Psychosomatik)
• Department for Child and Youth Psychosomatics (Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychosomatik)

Quantifiable outcome

• First certification achieved in 2006 with three-year recertification cycles through external audits
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and minor.

• Advisory and Treatment Centers (Beratungs- und Behandlungsstellen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner across Germany for patient referrals and knowledge transfer. Part of the clinic's referral network spanning the entire federal territory.
• Hospitals (Krankenhäuser)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partners including hospital social services (Sozialberatung) for patient transitions from acute care to rehabilitation. Supports Anschlussrehabilitation (follow-up rehabilitation) admissions.
• Outpatient Physicians and Psychotherapists (Niedergelassene Ärzt*innen und Psychotherapeut*innen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partners for outpatient practitioners who identify patients suitable for rehabilitation and submit recommendations.
• Health Authorities (Gesundheitsämter)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner for public health coordination and patient welfare.
• Youth Welfare Offices (Jugendämter) and Family Services (Familienhilfen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImportant referral and coordination partners especially for the child and adolescent psychosomatics department, supporting family-integrated rehabilitation.
• Aftercare Facilities (Nachsorgeeinrichtungen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partners for continued care after rehabilitation discharge, supporting long-term recovery maintenance.
• Adaption and Sociotherapeutic FacilitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized care partners for patients requiring continued sociotherapeutic support following rehabilitation.
• Abstinence Associations and Self-Help Groups (Abstinenzverbände und Selbsthilfegruppen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partners for addiction rehabilitation, providing peer support networks and mutual aid for patients in recovery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Helios Kliniken (Fresenius): Largest German private hospital operator with broad acute and psychiatric service lines. Comparable as a broad incumbent with psychosomatic/addiction capabilities and statutory payer relationships.
• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups operating across acute, psychiatric, and rehabilitative care. Comparable in offering psychosomatic and addiction services as part of a wider hospital portfolio serving German statutory payers.

Direct peers

• Johannesbad Gruppe: German private healthcare group with inpatient rehabilitation clinics including psychosomatic and addiction programs. Comparable on DRV-funded rehab delivery and multidisciplinary therapeutic models.
• Celenus Kliniken: German operator focused on inpatient rehabilitation, including psychosomatic and addiction programs. Comparable as a § 111 SGB V contracted rehab provider serving DRV-referred patients.
• Median Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private rehabilitation operators with a broad portfolio of inpatient rehab clinics across somatic and psychosomatic/psychiatric indications. Comparable as a contracted § 111 SGB V facility serving DRV-referred psychosomatic and addiction patients.
• Schoen Klinik: Large private hospital group with strong psychosomatic and behavioral health specialization in Germany. Comparable on inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation, multidisciplinary treatment models, and German statutory payer contracting.
• MEDICLIN: Publicly listed German hospital and rehabilitation operator with significant inpatient psychosomatic and addiction capacity. Comparable on multi-site rehab delivery, DRV contracting, and integrated specialty programming.
• Waldklinik Jesteburg: Specialist German psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic known for nature-based therapeutic settings. Comparable on inpatient psychosomatic focus, therapeutic environment as differentiator, and DRV/statutory payer contracting.
• Reha-Zentren Passauer Wolf: German private operator of inpatient rehabilitation clinics, including psychosomatic indications. Comparable as a contracted § 111 SGB V facility serving DRV-referred patients with multidisciplinary therapy programs.

Regional players

• Berolina Klinik: Psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic in Brandenburg, near Berlin. Comparable as a regional DRV-contracted psychosomatic rehab facility serving an overlapping patient catchment in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCocx1PAUtLEv096xGF_6wgw/videos
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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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