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No. The use of the eID within healthcare only applies in Belgium. The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) can only be used if you are temporarily abroad. She proves that you are okay with health insurance.

Yes, the use of yellow stickers remains unchanged. Attach them to your doctor's notes and all other documents intended for CM.

Space for your own data . Stick a yellow sticker here. Then all data is immediately correct and CM can process the refund smoothly. Code(s) that represent the performance(s) performed . You can find the description of frequently occurring codes on the rate pages. Box in which the healthcare provider either states the amount paid, or 'yes' or 'no' . 'Yes' means that you paid co-payment; 'no' that you did not pay co-payments. This information is used to keep track of your maximum invoice counter. Receipt where the healthcare provider must note how much you paid. That evidence is for you. Your healthcare provider is not allowed to keep track of it themselves.

If you provide CM with doctor's notes or other certificates for the assistance provided, the reimbursement will be made by bank transfer. Your account statement contains this information: the number of services reimbursed; the specialization of the care provider (GP, specialist, physiotherapist, etc.); the date of provision; the official rate; the patient's membership number; the references for CM. Would you also like to receive a payment overview? This can be done easily via the 'My refunds' section or via the My CM app . When handling the data, CM and your financial institution respect the law on privacy.

Doctor's notes and other certificates of assistance provided are eligible for reimbursement for two years . So you don't have to deliver them to CM every year before New Year's. Deliver them within two years after the end of the month in which the care was provided. Afterwards they expire and can no longer be refunded. There are exceptions: in the event of force majeure and subject to approval by the Riziv (e.g. in the event of long-term hospitalization in a coma); if the limitation period was stopped or interrupted by registered letter (e.g. following a seizure of the certificates for a judicial investigation). For a correct refund, it is sometimes important to immediately submit the certificates for assistance provided to CM. An example of this is orthodontic treatment because strict treatment and reporting periods apply.

The abbreviation isi+ stands for 'Identification Sociale/Sociale IdentIFICie/Soziale Identifizierung'; the plus sign indicates the supplementary nature compared to Belgian electronic IDs. The card does not contain a chip with personal data. It only serves to identify you at the pharmacist, in the hospital and at certain healthcare providers, so that they can access your health insurance fund data.