About us

Yes. Private Health Services operates as an independent service with its own team. Your Private Health Advisor evaluates the various options based on your situation and needs and is not bound by your insurance policy or by the agreements that health insurers make with healthcare providers. We consider all healthcare providers that meet your needs; care that your health insurance has contracted with is not given priority. We do not receive any compensation from healthcare providers for recommending their services: the subscription fee is our only source of income. However, your advisor will show you in advance which healthcare costs are covered by your health insurance and which costs you may have to pay out of pocket. This way, you know exactly where you stand from the start and won’t face any surprises.

No. Your Private Health Advisor will explore all options that fit your needs, even if your health insurance doesn’t cover them—or only covers them partially—and even if treatment takes place abroad. Your advisor will show you in advance which costs your health insurance will cover and which you’ll have to pay out of pocket. That way, you can make your own choice, with no surprises.

To identify suitable healthcare providers for each client, Private Health Advisors use their own validated data on healthcare quality. We combine publicly available data with carefully compiled, supplementary information to assess the quality of healthcare providers. We build profiles of healthcare providers from four different perspectives:

• Analysis of public data
  We continuously monitor available data from public sources, such as outcome indicators, complication rates, the number of surgeries performed, and the composition of the medical team.
• Recommendations from healthcare professionals
  We collect recommendations from leading healthcare professionals. Which healthcare providers would they refer patients to? And, most importantly, why?
• Information from site visits
  We visit healthcare providers on-site who stand out positively based on data and recommendations. During these site visits, we gain a concrete understanding of their practices. We speak with those involved and delve into their methods, decisions, rationale, and distinguishing features.
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  Patient Experiences We analyze data from review sites, but we also focus primarily on the experiences and treatment outcomes of our own clients.

We have now compiled over 800 profiles of specialized practices within healthcare providers, spanning more than 40 treatment areas, from knee and hip to breast and prostate cancer. That number continues to grow: the profiles are constantly being expanded, updated, and further refined. This gives us a unique and up-to-date overview of healthcare providers that is not available elsewhere. This allows us to provide every client with a carefully researched overview of options that aligns with their personal situation, healthcare needs, and preferences.