Caresq

What Caresq does

Caresq B.V. is a Dutch healthcare procurement organization (zorginkooporganisatie) headquartered in Rotterdam that operates as the exclusive contracting intermediary for Eucare, the risk bearer behind the Aevitae health insurance label (UZOVI 3360). The company negotiates and administers zorgovereenkomsten (care agreements) with healthcare providers across eleven categories — pharmacy, maternity care, mental health (GGZ), general practice and multidisciplinary care, medical aids, medical specialist care, dental care, paramedical care, nursing and care, sensory disability care, and patient transport. Providers contracting through Caresq gain reimbursement eligibility for services rendered to Aevitae policyholders under the Dutch basic health insurance regime.

Caresq's core technical surface is its integration with the VECOZO Zorginkoopportaal, the dominant Dutch healthcare procurement portal, which providers use to receive contract offers and digitally sign agreements via personal VECOZO certificates. The company also deploys VECOZO's Nalevingsmodule for provider compliance reporting and partners with multiple PREM customer-experience research bureaus (Qualiview, ZorgDNA, ZorgRespons, Questpro, moveXM, Mediquest) for paramedical care quality measurement. Caresq publishes annual inkoopbeleid (procurement policy) documents per category, hosts an online zorgovereenkomst request form, and operates a dedicated zorginkoop contact channel.

Caresq's business model is B2B managed services for a single risk-bearer client: healthcare providers are the contracting counterparties, but Eucare/Aevitae is effectively the sole revenue source. Go-to-market is sales-led and portal-driven — Caresq proactively issues contract offers via VECOZO or email to qualified providers, while providers can self-serve agreement requests through the company website. The firm is a private limited liability company (KvK 23078305) with roughly 16-20 employees in the procurement function, operating exclusively within the Netherlands.

Name

Caresq

Legal name

Caresq B.V.

Website

https://caresq.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Caresq B.V. is a Dutch healthcare procurement organization that exclusively negotiates and administers care agreements for providers serving Aevitae health insurance (UZOVI 3360) policyholders across 11 medical categories in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Procurement Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Medigap Provider Network & Contracting Support (as applicable) (HLAEADAK)

Keywords

• Healthcare procurement services
• Zorginkoop contracting
• Medical provider agreements
• Health insurance contracting
• Provider network management

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Procurement Services: Caresq acts as the zorginkoop (healthcare purchasing) intermediary for Eucare, the risk bearer for Aevitae health insurance. Its core function is to negotiate and contract with healthcare providers on behalf of the insurer's policyholders. Caresq does not sell directly to end consumers; its customers are healthcare providers seeking to be contracted with Aevitae/Eucare.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Caresq is a Dutch healthcare procurement organization that negotiates and contracts with healthcare providers on behalf of Eucare, the risk carrier for Aevitae health insurance (UZOVI 3360). The company contracts across 11 healthcare categories (pharmacy, maternity care, mental health, GP and multidisciplinary care, medical aids, medical specialist care, dental care, paramedical care, nursing and care, sensory disability care, patient transport), entering approximately 30,000 care agreements annually with providers across the Netherlands. Contracting is conducted digitally through the VECOZO procurement portal.

Product overview

Caresq is a healthcare procurement organization that acts as a single unified service platform. They provide contracting services across 11 distinct healthcare sectors: Pharmacy, Maternity Care, Mental Healthcare (GGZ), General Practitioners, Medical Aids, Medical Specialist Care, Dental Care, Paramedical Care, Nursing and Care, Sensory Disability Care, and Patient Transport. These sectors are contracted for insured persons of Eucare, the risk carrier for Aevitae health insurance (UZOVI 3360). Healthcare providers can digitally sign contracts through the VECOZO portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Procurement Services End-to-end healthcare procurement and contracting services for insured persons of Eucare, the risk carrier for Aevitae health insurance (UZOVI 3360). Contracts are entered with healthcare providers across 11 healthcare sectors in the Netherlands, with approximately 30,000 care agreements processed annually. Digital contracting is conducted via the VECOZO portal.
• Farmacie (Pharmacy) Contracting Contracting services for pharmaceutical care, covering pharmacy soloists and pharmacy chains providing services to Aevitae/Eucare insured persons.
• Geboortezorg (Maternity Care) Contracting Contracting for birth care services including birth centers, integral birth care, maternity care, prenatal screening, and obstetrics for Aevitae/Eucare insured persons.
• GGZ (Mental Healthcare) Contracting Contracting for mental healthcare services including basic GGZ for independent practitioners, specialized GGZ for independent practitioners, and institutional GGZ.
• Huisartsen- en Multidisciplinaire Zorg Contracting Reference/coordination services for general practitioner care and multidisciplinary care, following the agreements that the GP or care group has made with the preferred health insurer for Aevitae/Eucare insured persons.
• Hulpmiddelen (Medical Aids) Contracting Contracting for medical aids including hearing aids, hairpieces, mammacare, orthopedic shoes, orthoses, therapeutic elastic stockings, and other medical aids.
• Medisch Specialistische Zorg (Medical Specialist Care) Contracting Contracting for medical specialist care including hospitals, independent treatment centers (ZBCs), categorical institutions, geriatric rehabilitation care, and thrombocyte service.
• Mondzorg (Dental Care) Contracting Contracting for dental care services including implantology and dental prosthetists serving Aevitae/Eucare insured persons.
• Paramedie (Paramedical Care) Contracting Contracting for paramedical care including dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, skin therapy, speech therapy, exercise therapy, and podotherapy. Includes designated PREM Paramedische zorg customer experience measurement via research bureaus.
• Verpleging & Verzorging (Nursing and Care) Contracting Contracting for nursing and care services including district nursing (wijkverpleging), short-term care (eerstelijns verblijf), geronursing, GZSP, and medical child care.
• Zintuiglijk Gehandicaptenzorg (Sensory Disability Care) Contracting Contracting for sensory disability care services for Aevitae/Eucare insured persons.
• Ziekenvervoer (Patient Transport) Contracting Contracting for patient transport services for Aevitae/Eucare insured persons.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AevitaecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Aevitae is a volmachtbedrijf (underwriting agency) that offers health insurance policies under Eucare's brand in the Netherlands. Aevitae handles claims processing and authorizations (declaraties en machtigingen), while Caresq handles healthcare procurement (zorginkoop). In 2021, Aevitae and Caresq bundled their strengths under the combined organization.
• EucarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEucare is the risicodrager (risk bearer) for the health insurance of Aevitae (UZOVI 3360). Caresq exclusively handles healthcare procurement for Eucare's insured persons. Eucare operates as a pan-European health, disability, and absence management insurer, collaborating with partners close to the customer.
• VECOZOcoreTechnology or IntegrationVECOZO provides the digital healthcare procurement portal (Zorginkoopportaal) used by Caresq to issue contract offers, receive digital signatures, and manage contracting workflows with healthcare providers. Providers need a personal VECOZO certificate to access the portal. Caresq also uses VECOZO's Nalevingsmodule (compliance module) for provider reporting.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• VGZ: Major Dutch health insurer with an internal zorginkoop division that contracts directly with providers across multiple healthcare categories. Operates in the same Dutch basic insurance procurement market as Caresq and serves a comparable provider customer base.
• CZ: Large Dutch health insurer with its own procurement function contracting with providers in the Netherlands. Performs the same fundamental role as Caresq — negotiating and administering provider agreements — but in-house rather than as a separate intermediary.
• Menzis: Dutch health insurer with an internal zorginkoop team contracting with providers across multiple care sectors. Functionally comparable to Caresq as both negotiate provider agreements on behalf of insured populations in the Dutch market.
• DSW Zorgverzekeraar: Dutch health insurer that contracts with providers in the Netherlands for its insured base. Although smaller than the 'big four,' DSW operates its own procurement function and is structurally comparable to Caresq's role.
• Zilveren Kruis (Achmea): The largest Dutch health insurer and part of the Achmea group. Zilveren Kruis runs its own in-house zorginkoop function contracting with Dutch providers across similar healthcare categories, making it the closest functional peer to Caresq's procurement model — albeit with its own insured population rather than serving a separate insurer.

Broad incumbents

• Zelis: US-based healthcare cost management and payer-services company that handles network management, claims cost containment, and payment integrity for health plans. A broader incumbent in the same healthcare procurement / payer-services space as Caresq, though operating in a different regulatory market (US).
• MultiPlan (now Claritev): Established US healthcare cost-management company providing network and cost-containment services to insurers and payers. Operates in the adjacent payer-services space that parallels Caresq's role of intermediating between insurers and providers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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