KVSH Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein

What KVSH Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein does

KVSH (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein), headquartered in Bad Segeberg with a secondary office in Kiel, is a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts — a statutory corporation under public law — established on 7 March 1956 and operating under German social security law (SGB V). It is one of 17 regional physicians' associations in Germany and serves as the sole mandated body responsible for ensuring ambulatory medical and psychotherapeutic care for the approximately 2.9 million residents of Schleswig-Holstein. Its membership comprises 6,100 contracted physicians and psychotherapists who provide statutory-health-insurance-covered ambulatory care.

The organization's service portfolio spans member administration, clinical programs, and digital health infrastructure. Core member-facing products include the Mitgliederportal (member portal with two-factor authentication), eAbrechnungsCheck for billing verification, and licensing and remuneration processing per §106-106c SGB V. Patient-facing services include the 116117 Ärztlicher Bereitschaftsdienst on-call hotline, 44 Anlaufpraxen walk-in emergency clinics, 11 integrated cross-sectoral emergency reception points co-developed with the Krankenhausgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein, and the Terminservicestelle appointment scheduling service with a four-week waiting-time guarantee. Clinical programs include the QuaMaDi quality-assured breast cancer diagnostics program (operating since 2001 with AI support added in July 2025), Mammographie-Screening for women aged 50-75, Telemonitoring bei Herzinsuffizienz, Videosprechstunde, and Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA). The Telematikinfrastruktur (TI) rollout connects member practices via eArztbrief, eAU, eHBA, eMP, ePA, eRezept, KIM, and TI-Messenger.

KVSH does not operate on a commercial pricing model. As a public law corporation funded through statutory health insurance contributions allocated via the GKV system and membership-related fees, it processes remuneration for ambulatory services, operates under state supervision by the Ministerium für Justiz und Gesundheit des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, and provides services to members and patients free of charge as part of its statutory Sicherstellungs- und Vergütungsauftrag. Its leadership comprises Dr. med. Bettina Schultz as Chairwoman, Karsten Brandstetter as Deputy Chairman, and Alexander Paquet as Board Member.

Name

KVSH Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein

Legal name

Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein

Website

https://kvsh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Short description

KVSH is a statutory public law corporation and sole regional physicians' association for Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, ensuring ambulatory medical care for 2.9 million residents through 6,100 contracted physicians and psychotherapists. It administers billing, on-call emergency services, appointment scheduling, and clinical programs including AI-supported breast cancer diagnostics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Administration

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLALABAF

Chronic Care & Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Platforms

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Telehealth Platforms/Provider-Integrated Virtual Care Platforms (Health Systems/Clinics)

SECONDARYHLALAFAL

Multi-Condition RPM Platforms & Care Orchestration (device-agnostic, population management)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Telehealth Platforms/Chronic Care & Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Platforms

SECONDARYHLACAFAA

Chronic Disease RPM Platforms (Diabetes/HTN/COPD/CHF)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) & Connected Care Platforms

Keywords

• Statutory health insurance
• Physician association
• Ambulatory care administration
• Medical billing services
• Emergency medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Segeberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions (Sicherstellungs- und Vergütungsauftrag): KVSH fulfills its statutory duty to ensure medical care provision and processes remuneration for contracted physicians and psychotherapists. Funding comes from statutory health insurance contributions allocated through theGesetzliche Krankenversicherung (GKV) system.
2. Statutory Health Insurance Remittance Processing: Processing of billing and payments for ambulatory medical services covered by statutory health insurance, including verification of billing accuracy and correctness per §106-106c SGB V.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KVSH is a statutory physicians' association (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) that ensures ambulatory medical and psychotherapeutic care across Schleswig-Holstein. It licenses contracted physicians and psychotherapists, processes their statutory health insurance billing and remuneration, operates the 116117 on-call emergency service with 44 walk-in clinics, coordinates specialist appointments via the Terminservicestelle, and manages digital health infrastructure (Telematikinfrastruktur) and quality-assured programs such as QuaMaDi breast cancer diagnostics and Mammographie-Screening.

Product overview

KVSH (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein) operates as a statutory health insurance physicians' association providing a comprehensive digital health service platform. The core offering includes the Mitgliederportal for physician member services, the Terminservicestelle (TSS) for appointment coordination, and the Ärztlicher Bereitschaftsdienst (medical on-call service) via 116117. Supporting services include QuaMaDi (AI-supported breast cancer diagnostics), Mammographie-Screening, Telematikinfrastruktur (TI) digital health services (eArztbrief, eAU, ePA, eRezept), Telemonitoring for cardiac patients, Videosprechstunde, and DiGA. Additional offerings include the Karriereportal, Nordlicht E-Paper magazine, and practice management tools. The association serves approximately 6,100 physicians and psychotherapists providing care to 2.9 million patients across Schleswig-Holstein.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mitgliederportal (Member Portal) Secure online portal for member physicians and psychotherapists to manage billing (Abrechnung), appointments, licensing, and practice-related administrative tasks, with two-factor authentication.
• QuaMaDi (Quality-Assured Mamma Diagnostics) Indication-based curative breast cancer diagnostics program providing quality-assured, AI-supported second-opinion evaluation of mammography images for insured women in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Mammographie-Screening National breast cancer screening program inviting women aged 50-75 for regular mammography examinations every two years, with personal invitations issued based on official registry data.
• Ärztlicher Bereitschaftsdienst (Medical On-Call Service) 24/7 medical on-call service accessible via the 116117 hotline for emergency care outside regular practice hours, supported by 44 walk-in clinics (Anlaufpraxen) at hospital locations plus ophthalmology and ENT on-call services.
• Terminservicestelle (TSS - Appointment Service) Appointment scheduling service helping patients arrange consultations with general practitioners, specialists, and psychotherapists, available 24/7 via 116117 with a maximum four-week waiting time guarantee.
• Karriereportal (Career Portal) Recruitment portal providing information about studying medicine, continuing education, and practice establishment in Schleswig-Holstein as part of the 'Mehr.Arzt.Leben!' physician recruitment campaign.
• Nordlicht E-Paper Magazine Digital membership magazine published eleven times yearly, covering ambulatory medical care news, health policy developments, and association activities in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Telematikinfrastruktur (TI) Digital Health Services Digital health infrastructure connecting physician practices for secure data exchange, including eArztbrief, eAU, eHBA, eMP, ePA, eRezept, KIM messaging, Notfalldatenmanagement, and TI-Messenger.
• Telemonitoring bei Herzinsuffizienz Remote cardiac monitoring service enabling physicians to track health data of patients with heart insufficiency.
• Videosprechstunde Video-based medical consultation service enabling remote doctor-patient interactions for eligible cases.
• Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA) Support for certified digital health applications (apps) prescribed by physicians and reimbursed by statutory health insurance.
• QuaMaDi mit KI-Unterstützung (AI-supported breast cancer diagnostics) AI-supported image analysis feature within the QuaMaDi program that assists radiologists in evaluating mammography images for improved diagnostic accuracy.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV)coreOthersThe national umbrella organization of the 17 regional physicians' associations in Germany. KVSH works with KBV on nationwide healthcare policy, digital health infrastructure (Telematikinfrastruktur), and quality assurance standards.
• Krankenkassen (Statutory Health Insurance Funds)coreOthersVarious statutory health insurance funds operating in Schleswig-Holstein, including BARMER, DAK, TK, KKH, and others. These partners jointly fund healthcare provision and participate in disease management programs (DMP), QuaMaDi, and other care contracts.
• Ministerium für Justiz und Gesundheit des Landes Schleswig-HolsteincoreOthersThe Ministry of Justice and Health of Schleswig-Holstein serves as the supervisory authority for KVSH, overseeing compliance with statutory obligations under social security law.
• Krankenhausgesellschaft Schleswig-HolsteincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on cross-sectoral emergency care (sektorenübergreifende Notfallversorgung), with 11 integrated reception points where on-call medical service and hospital emergency departments work together to route patients appropriately.
• QuaMaDi Participating Health Insurance FundsminorOthersVarious health insurance funds participating in the QuaMaDi breast cancer diagnostics quality assurance program, covering insured patients for quality-assured diagnostic services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns (KVB): The physicians' association for Bavaria, the largest German state by area. Performs the same statutory functions as KVSH under identical SGB V framework, including member billing, emergency care coordination (Bereitschaftsdienst 116117), and digital health infrastructure—making it a comparable peer operating at larger scale.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Berlin (KV Berlin): Berlin's regional physicians' association with the same legal structure, statutory mandate, and operational scope as KVSH. Provides identical services (Terminservicestelle, 116117 emergency hotline, billing processing) for contracted physicians and serves as a direct institutional peer.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Niedersachsen (KVN): Lower Saxony's regional physicians' association, structurally identical to KVSH. Delivers the same set of statutory services including physician licensing decisions, billing administration, Terminservicestelle, and 116117 coordination for the regional physician network.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Hamburg (KV Hamburg): The regional physicians' association for Hamburg, operating under identical statutory framework (SGB V) as KVSH. KV Hamburg performs the same Sicherstellungsauftrag, billing/remuneration processing, emergency care coordination, and TI infrastructure provision for its contracted physicians, making it the most structurally comparable peer.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Hessen: The Hessian physicians' association, structurally identical to KVSH as a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts. Operates the same statutory services including Bereitschaftsdienst, billing administration, and digital health infrastructure for member physicians.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein (KVNO): The regional physicians' association for North Rhine, operating under identical statutory framework as KVSH. Handles membership administration, billing processing, quality assurance, and emergency care coordination for contracted physicians in its territory.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe (KVWL): Westphalia-Lippe's regional physicians' association with same legal status and operational scope as KVSH. Provides parallel services including 116117 emergency hotline coordination, billing/remuneration, and member physician support.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Rheinland-Pfalz (KV RLP): The regional physicians' association for Rhineland-Palatinate, operating under identical SGB V statutory framework. Performs comparable functions including physician billing administration, emergency care coordination, and member services for contracted physicians in its federal state.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Baden-Württemberg (KVBW): The physicians' association for Baden-Württemberg, operating under the same statutory framework as KVSH. Performs equivalent Sicherstellungsauftrag, billing/remuneration processing, and emergency care coordination for its contracted physicians.

Broad incumbents

• Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV): The federal umbrella organization of all 17 regional KVs in Germany. KVSH is a member of KBV, and the two collaborate on nationwide healthcare policy, digital health infrastructure standards, and quality assurance. KBV is comparable as the higher-level institutional peer governing the broader system KVSH operates within.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/kvschleswigholstein

Compliance2 records

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Profiles3 records

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