Insured Care/Verzekerde zorg
Psychiatric treatments and psychotherapy are still covered by Health Care Insurances and within the “basispakket”.
You do need a formal referral from your General Practitioner, for “Specialistische GGZ”. The intake- and diagnostic phase are always covered by the insurance.
Your treatment here will be fully covered by your Health Care Insurance, provided it falls under “verzekerde zorg”. The costs for your treatment here will count toward your “eigen risico”. How much you will have to pay depends on the total amount of your own risk and on how much you have already paid for the current year.
Unfortunately, not all diagnoses are covered by Health Care Insurances. Depending on the problems for which you’re seeking help, it may be that your treatment will have to be paid by you personally and won’t be refunded by your Health Care Insurance.
Also for the year 2024, I have signed contracts with all Health Care Insurances and their sub-labels.
Health Care Insurances’ policies are unfortunately becoming more and more complex and restrictive.
Some Health Care Insurances have recently introduced a budget which outlines how many patients a professional can treat on a yearly basis. This may mean that I cannot take you as my patient if the budget given to me by your Health Care Insurance does not allow me to.
During our first contact I will be able to give you more and specific information on this regard.
Every year, from December to January 31, it is possible to change one’s Health Care Insurance. If you are considering a change to your Health Care Insurance, please discuss this issue first with me, as it may affect the financial coverage of your treatment here.
The billing of your treatment, if it is covered by the Health Care Insurances, will be directly forwarded to your Health Care Insurance. For this reason, It is very important to make certain I have the correct information about your Insurance’s coverage. The official prices are calculated according to the so called Zorg Prestatie Model – ZPM (active per 01-01-2022). The maximum prices are set by the Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit.
More detailed information (in Dutch) on this matter can be found at https://www.zorgprestatiemodel.nl and:
- the website of the Dutch Ministry of Health (VWS)
- the website of Health Care Insurances Netherlands (Zorgverzekeraars Nederland – ZN)
- the website of Zorginstituut Nederland
Not Insured Health Care/Onverzekerde zorg
Some problems and treatments fall under the so-called “Onverzekerde zorg”, i.e. relational problems, adjustment disorders, grief/bereavement and burn-out. Health Care Insurances can change which problems are covered each year.
I will only be able to make that determination after the intake phase. In case of “Not Insured Health Care”, you will receive a bill from me and you will have to pay for your treatment. Price per session according to official NZa fees. These fees also apply in case you want to pay for your treatment (independently from your health insurance).
Cancelling an appointment/no show
It can happen you are forced to cancel an appointment, because of illness or for any other reason.
If appointments are cancelled earlier than 24 hours in advance, no costs will be charged. If appointments are cancelled within 24 hours or if you do not show up for your appointment, you will be charged € 50,–, whatever the reason for the cancellation.
This bill cannot be forwarded to your Health Care Insurance. When an appointment for coaching, training therapy or supervision is cancelled within 24 hours, the full fee will be charged.
