New insurance model from Groupe Mutuel: Amavita, Sun Store and Coop Vitality pharmacies as first point of contact.
August 19, 2019 at 06:17 am EDT
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Under the PrimaPharma insurance model, the pharmacy is the first point of call for health-related issues. Thanks to their training and experience, the pharmacist can give an initial medical assessment and provide customers with immediate advice. They can recommend a medication or - if necessary - referral to a doctor or hospital.
The collaboration with Groupe Mutuel is a further step towards the Swiss Federal Council's Health2020 strategy, in which the role of pharmacies in basic healthcare is strengthened.
Switzerland lacks family doctors. The number of patients without a family doctor who go directly to the hospital emergency department is increasing, resulting in high costs. As a first point of contact for health issues, the pharmacy relieves the burden on hospital emergency departments and fills the gap caused by the lack of family doctors.
PrimaPharma will be available from 1 January 2020. It is an alternative basic health insurance model with a limited choice of healthcare providers (comparable with the family doctor model). Through this collaboration, the partners are contributing to contain rising healthcare costs.
The customer service of Groupe Mutuel will be happy to answer any questions regarding the PrimaPharma insurance model:
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Galenica AG, previously Galenica Sante Ltd, is a Switzerland-based healthcare services and products provider. The Company's business i divided into three business sectors: Retail, Products & Brands, and Services. The Company manages a locally established pharmacies network in Switzerland. It develops and distributes its own product portfolio, as well as cooperates with a range of business partners, such as Pierre Fabre, Ales Groupe and Vitor Consumer Health for marketing and distribution of such brands as Perskindol, Triofan, A-Derma, Lierac, Phyto, Anti-Brumm and Algifor. Galenica Sante's Services business sector is responsible for management of such logistics sector companies as Galexis, Unione Farmaceutica Distribuzione, Alloga and Medifilm.
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