HNO-Zentrum

What HNO-Zentrum does

HNO-Zentrum Eberbach is a physician-owned group practice (Fachärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis) specializing in otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat medicine), located at Friedrichstraße 1 in Eberbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The practice is operated by two equal partners, Dr. med. Gabriele Angres-Wiegers and Dr. med. Joachim Schwalb, both board-certified ENT specialists (Fachärzte für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde) with subspecialty expertise in allergology, sleep medicine, voice and speech disorders, and acupuncture. A supporting team of five medical staff (Michaela Heck, Jutta Renger, Anke Blaumann, Elke Fuhr, Jasmin Perreira) handles reception and clinical support, giving a named team of seven; the broader firmographics figure of 20 employees is not reconciled against the named roster in the source material.

The practice delivers a comprehensive ENT service portfolio organized into four lines: diagnostics (microscopic and flexible endoscopic examination, rhinomanometry, allergy skin and provocation testing, RAST blood panels, tone and speech audiometry, BERA, OAE neonatal screening, electronystagmography, videonystagmography, ultrasound, and HNO-specific X-ray); conservative therapy (treatment of tinnitus, sudden hearing loss, Meniere's disease, vertigo, and allergy desensitization via SCIT/SLIT); operative therapy (endoscopic sinus surgery with laser, adenoid removal, tympanostomy, septoplasty, cosmetic ear/nose corrections, salivary gland surgery with intraoperative neuromonitoring, tumor removal, snoring surgery, and laryngeal laser surgery); and IGEL self-pay services (preventive check-ups, diving fitness exams, occupational entry exams, acupuncture, allergy exclusion tests, laboratory tests on request, ear piercing, HPV testing, and Pascorbin infusions). Surgical procedures are performed at Krankenhaus Eberbach, where the practice physicians hold Belegbetten (bed privileges).

The business model is split between statutory health insurance reimbursement (GKV, all Krankenkassen accepted) billed under EBM/GOÄ fee schedules, and private IGEL self-pay revenue. Patient acquisition is by self-referral and physician referral (Hausärzte and other specialists), with the practice website serving as the sole marketing channel. The entity is a German partnership under regulated healthcare law, supervised by Landesärztekammer Baden-Württemberg, with no external investors, parent company, or holding structure.

Name

HNO-Zentrum

Legal name

Fachärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. G. Angres-Wiegers - Dr. J. Schwalb

Website

https://hno-eberbach.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HNO-Zentrum Eberbach is a two-physician ENT group practice in Eberbach, Baden-Württemberg, offering diagnostics, conservative therapy, and inpatient surgical services under GKV reimbursement plus IGEL self-pay, serving the local Rhine-Neckar population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Otolaryngology (ENT) Medical Practice

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAKAMAA

General Otolaryngology (ENT)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Otolaryngology (ENT)

SECONDARYHLAKAMAC

Otology & Neurotology (Ear/Hearing/Balance)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Otolaryngology (ENT)

SECONDARYHLAKAMAH

Sleep Surgery & Snoring (ENT)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Otolaryngology (ENT)

SECONDARYHLAKAAAC

Asthma & Airway Disease Specialty Care

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Allergy & Immunology

SECONDARYHLAKAMAE

Laryngology & Voice/Airway Disorders

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Otolaryngology (ENT)

SECONDARYHLAKAMAI

Audiology & Hearing Services (ENT-Affiliated)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Otolaryngology (ENT)

Keywords

• ENT medical services
• Otolaryngology diagnostics
• Allergy diagnosis treatment
• Sleep medicine diagnostics
• Endoscopic sinus surgery

Headquarters

HQ city

Eberbach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) Reimbursement: The primary revenue stream is reimbursement from German statutory health insurance funds (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung). The practice accepts 'alle Krankenkassen' (all statutory health insurance funds). Services covered under the GKV include all diagnostic procedures, conservative treatments, and approved surgical interventions. Billing follows the uniform assessment standard (EBM) and GOÄ fee schedules for covered services.
2. Private Self-Pay Services (IGEL): Individuelle Gesundheitsleistungen (IGEL) are private pay services not covered by statutory insurance. These include specialist check-ups, fitness-for-diving examinations, occupational entry examinations, acupuncture, allergy tests without clinical indication, laboratory tests on patient request, ear piercing, HPV testing, and Pascorbin (Vitamin C) infusions. These represent an additional revenue stream from both statutory and private insurance patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

HNO-Zentrum Eberbach is a specialist ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) group practice providing outpatient diagnostics (microscopy, endoscopy, audiometry, rhinomanometry, allergy and vestibular testing, ultrasound), conservative therapy (inner ear disease, tinnitus, allergies, immunotherapy), and operative therapy (endoscopic sinus surgery, tympanic membrane surgery, salivary gland surgery with neuromonitoring, laser and radiofrequency procedures) performed both on an outpatient basis and as inpatient operations at Krankenhaus Eberbach. Self-pay IGEL services (e.g., check-ups, fitness-for-diving examinations, acupuncture, Vitamin C infusions) supplement the statutory-insurance-covered offerings.

Product overview

HNO-Zentrum Eberbach is a physician group practice (Gemeinschaftspraxis) operated by Dr. Gabriele Angres-Wiegers and Dr. Joachim Schwalb, specializing in ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) medicine. The practice offers a unified portfolio of medical services structured around diagnostic evaluation (using microscopic, endoscopic, audiometric, and imaging techniques), conservative treatments for inner ear and allergic conditions, and operative interventions performed at the local hospital. The service portfolio is organized into: Diagnostic Services (Diagnostik), Conservative Therapy (Konservative Therapie), Surgical Therapy (Operative Therapie), and IGEL (Individual Health Services for self-pay treatments). The practice serves all statutory health insurance patients and operates from a single location in Eberbach, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ENT Diagnostic Services (Diagnostik) Comprehensive ENT diagnostic workup using microscopic and (flexible) endoscopic examination, rhinomanometric nasal airflow measurement, allergy diagnostics (skin/prick/epicutan/scratch tests, nasal provocation, RAST), hearing tests (tone/speech audiogram, BERA, OAE including newborn screening), vestibular testing (ENG, videonystagmography), ultrasound of sinuses/neck/salivary glands, ENT-specific X-rays, and sleep medicine diagnostics for snoring and sleep apnea. Provided to patients presenting with ENT complaints under German statutory health insurance (alle Krankenkassen) plus self-pay patients.
• Conservative Therapy for Inner Ear and Vestibular Disorders (Konservative Therapie) Non-surgical medical treatment of inner ear conditions including tinnitus, sudden hearing loss (Hörsturz), Meniere's disease, and vertigo from vestibular disorders, offered to ENT patients in the Eberbach / Rhine-Neckar region under statutory health insurance coverage.
• Noise Therapy for Chronic Tinnitus (Noiserversorgung bei chronischem Tinnitus) Noise therapy (Noiserversorgung) provided as a conservative treatment option for patients with chronic tinnitus, delivered within the practice's ENT therapeutic offering.
• Allergen Desensitization / Hyposensitization (SCIT and SLIT) Subcutaneous (SCIT) and sublingual (SLIT) immunotherapy for pollen and house dust mite allergies, complemented by medicamentous allergy therapy, offered to allergy patients under statutory health insurance.
• ENT Surgical Therapy (Operative Therapie, ambulant und stationär) Ambulatory and inpatient ENT surgical procedures performed at Krankenhaus Eberbach under the practice physicians' bed privileges (Belegbetten), including endoscopic sinus surgery (incl. laser), adenoid removal, tympanic membrane surgery (tympanostomy tubes), nasal airway correction, cosmetic ear/nose surgery, neck lymph node removal, snoring surgery (incl. laser), turbinate surgery (incl. laser), radiofrequency turbinate therapy, large salivary gland surgery with neuromonitoring, tumor removal in the ear/neck/face area, and laryngeal procedures (incl. laser surgery).
• Sleep Medicine Diagnostics (Schlafmedizinische Diagnostik) Diagnostic evaluation of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (Schlafapnoe-Syndrom) provided as part of the practice's ENT diagnostic portfolio to patients in the Eberbach / Rhine-Neckar area.
• Allergy Diagnostics (Allergiediagnostik) Standalone allergy diagnostic offering including skin tests (prick, patch/epicutan, scratch), nasal provocation testing, and determination of allergological blood parameters (RAST), for patients with suspected environmental or inhalant allergies.
• IGEL - Individual Health Services (Individuelle Gesundheitsleistungen) Self-pay medical services not covered by statutory health insurance including Facharzt-Check, fitness-for-diving examination (Tauchsport-Eignungsuntersuchung), occupational entry examinations (Berufseingangsuntersuchung), acupuncture, allergy exclusion tests without clinical indication, patient-requested laboratory tests, ear piercing / nose stud insertion, HPV testing, and Pascorbin (Vitamin C) infusions, billed separately to both statutory and private insurance patients.

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

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Krankenhaus Eberbach (Eberbach Hospital)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbulatory and inpatient ENT operations are performed at Krankenhaus Eberbach. The practice physicians (Dr. Angres-Wiegers and Dr. Schwalb) hold bed privileges (Belegbetten) at the hospital, allowing them to admit and treat their own surgical patients. This partnership enables the practice to offer a complete range of surgical services from minor outpatient procedures to more complex inpatient surgeries.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MEDICOVER: European healthcare services operator with clinics and specialist centers across Germany and CEE. Comparable as a multi-specialty ambulatory provider competing for the same insured outpatient patient base.
• Sana Kliniken: German private hospital chain with significant outpatient and specialist offerings. Comparable as a regional hospital operator that integrates specialist physician practices and competes for the same German insured-patient pool.
• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups with broad inpatient and outpatient operations, including ENT services. Comparable as an established German healthcare provider operating at scale in the same statutory-insurance reimbursement environment.
• Schoen Klinik: Specialist-focused German hospital group with strong psychosomatic and orthopedic/ENT-adjacent offerings. Comparable as a higher-acuity, specialist-oriented operator that small specialty practices like HNO-Zentrum could feed into via referrals or be acquired by.
• Amplifon: Global hearing-care retailer with extensive German retail footprint. Comparable as a downstream provider of hearing aids and audiology services adjacent to the audiometry and hearing-loss diagnostics that HNO-Zentrum delivers.
• Helios Klinikum (Fresenius Helios): Largest German private hospital operator running hundreds of inpatient facilities. Comparable as the dominant upstream partner/hospital infrastructure where small specialist practices like HNO-Zentrum rely on Belegbetten-style integration, and as a likely consolidator that could absorb the practice into a regional MVZ.

Others

• Cochlear Limited: Global cochlear implant and hearing implant manufacturer. Comparable as a supplier of advanced hearing-implant technology that integrates with BERA/OAE-based hearing assessment workflows used in ENT practices.
• Atos Medical: Specialist in ENT medical devices including laryngectomy, tracheostomy, and hearing-implant accessories. Comparable as a focused supplier of the kinds of ENT therapeutic and surgical equipment (laryngeal, nasal, ear) that the practice depends on.
• Sonova: Swiss hearing-care solutions provider (Phonak, Unitron). Comparable as a global hearing technology supplier and adjacent audiology-services operator whose hearing-aid ecosystem overlaps with ENT audiology practice.
• MED-EL: Austrian/German-headquartered hearing implant manufacturer. Comparable as a supplier of advanced ENT diagnostic and surgical technology (auditory implants, BERA-related systems) that practices like HNO-Zentrum depend on for otology/neurotology offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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