LOCAL PARTNER : UNIQA
Accessing care
In Switzerland Allianz Care has partnered with UNIQA due to its long-standing connections with International Organizations and the agreements they have with medical providers in Geneva/Vaud area.
As an IOM insured member who needs to be hospitalized, you benefit from these agreements. This means that the hospitals will accept the Guarantee of Payment from UNIQA entitling IOM staff/former staff and their dependents to be taken care of without any cash deposit, and on a direct billing basis to UNIQA.
Here's the process to seek treatment in Switzerland :
- For In Patient and Day Cases in Switzerland: contact the Allianz Helpline.
- For any planned in-patient and day-care treatment: contact the Allianz Care Helpline at [email protected] or the Medical Team at [email protected] at least 5 days prior to your treatment and follow the Treatment Guarantee process. This will allows us sufficient time to review the procedure and place the authorisation through UNIQA for your upcoming treatment.
- For emergency in-patient and day-care treatment: go to the closest medical centre to treat your emergency and call the Allianz Helpline ( within 48hrs of the emergency). You can show the Allianz Care card when you reach the hospital. The hospital will then contact us to issue the authorisation through UNIQA and arrange direct billing for your treatment.
- For Out Patient medical care in Switzerland (except at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - CHUV): pay the costs directly to your medical provider and submit the claim for reimbursement with Allianz Care.
Special arrangement CHUV (Centre Universitaire Vaudois)
- For Out Patient medical care at CHUV: show your Allianz Care card to the provider to avail of direct billing. Allianz Care will pay the provider in full and contact you to recover the patient portion, either through refund by bank transfer or by from future claims.
Points of contact - Allianz Care Helpline
For queries related to benefits, access to treatment, claims related to treatment outside of your medical network, any costs related to dental treatment, dental prostheses/implants, orthodontic treatment, prescribed orthopaedic devices in general, prescribed rental or purchase of a CPAP appliance (and associated equipment e.g. masks, filters), optical or in-patient care, contact:
Membership cards:
You will get access to two membership cards: one issued by UNIQA , the other one from Allianz Care available within MyHealth digital services. Here's how to use them:
- UNIQA card:
You will need the UNIQA card to access medical care in Switzerland (In Patient & Day case only).
Out patient claims in Switzerland are reimbursable on a pay and claim basis through Allianz Care
You can access it via myUNIQA members’ digital services. You can download myUNIQA app in the App Store or Google Play , or go to the web portal www.myuniqa.ch . If it’s the first time accessing the card, Click on ‘Create an Account’. Otherwise click ‘Log in’.Enter the Allianz policy number and your date of birth.
UNIQA cards for all family members will be available for view. Simply click on each family members’ name to view their card. UNIQA contact details are on the back of the card, click on the card face and it will flip around.
Please ensure that you have access to your card every time that you need to see a doctor or require medical care. You will need to show it before treatments or consultations so your doctor or medical provider can verify that you are covered.
Also, if your doctor or medical provider is part of the local UNIQA network, the card will enable them to liaise directly with UNIQA for the payment of your medical invoice.
- Allianz card :
Your second membership card is issued by Allianz and you can access it within MyHealth digital services.
You will need the Allianz membership card when requiring treatment outside of Switzerland.
Please show your Allianz card to your medical provider outside of Switzerlandas they will not recognise the UNIQA card.
Please note out-patient claims in Switzerland are reimbursable on a pay and claim basis through Allianz Care.