National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians

National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP)
FormationJanuary 1, 1931 (1931-01-01)
TypeProfessional association
Purposeself organisation, lobby group, contractor with health insurance funds
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Location
  • Germany
Membership17
Official language
German
President
Andreas Gassen, MD since 2014[1]
Key people
Board Vice Chair Stephan Hofmeister, MD; Thomas Kriedel, PhD, Board member
Websitehttp://www.kbv.de/

The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP) (German Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, KBV), based in Berlin, is the co-ordinating body of all 17 State Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Germany. As of 2018, it represented about 175,000 office-based physicians' and psychotherapists in Germany. NASHIP is co-owner of the medical journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt and of the German Agency for Quality in Medicine, a member of the Guidelines International Network - together with the German Medical Association.

  1. ^ "The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the regional Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians". www.kbv.de (in German). n.d. Retrieved 2020-03-23.