Sanitas services for Preference customers

We’re here to help whenever you need us. Not just when you’re sick, but with any health-related matters. If you have a question or health-related issue, please contact your personal customer advisor.

You are a Preference customer when you’ve taken out semiprivate or private supplementary hospital insurance. Your personal customer advisor will be happy to help you with your inquiry. They are also your point of contact if you’d like to take advantage of one of our numerous free Preference services.

Personal customer service

If you have any questions or would like to take advantage of one of the Sanitas Preference services, contact your personal customer advisor. They will provide advice in line with your requirements. If your personal advisor isn’t available, another Preference advisor or the Preference customer support team will be glad to help and ensure your inquiry is dealt with as soon as possible.

Priority Access: faster access to a specialist

Specialists are sometimes booked out for months in advance. As a result, you might have to wait ages for an appointment while suffering from severe pain. With Priority Access you can be sure that this isn’t the case. Your personal advisor will arrange an appointment for you with a specialist in next to no time.

Hospital Extra Liberty | Hospital semiprivate
Appointment with a specialist within seven days

Hospital Top Liberty | Hospital private
Appointment with a specialist within three days

If you’ve opted for a family doctor model for your basic insurance, then please always consult your family doctor first.

Independent second medical opinion

It can be a good idea to request a second medical opinion when you’re faced with the prospect of a far-reaching and complicated medical procedure.

For instance:

  • If you’re suffering from a prolapsed disc and are advised to undergo an operation.
  • If you suffer from joint arthrosis and your doctor recommends joint replacement surgery.
  • If you suffer from cardiac arrhythmia and are due to be fitted with a pacemaker.

Opinions are often divided when it comes to elective surgery, which means there may be a better solution out there which is more tailored to your individual needs.

You choose

Your first point of contact is always your personal advisor. Your personal advisor coordinates with your medical care advisor. Your medical care advisor contacts you for a phone consultation. You explain the situation and choose whether you want a second medical opinion by phone, in writing or in person.

Our partner

We offer this service in cooperation with our partner Medgate, the Hirslanden Private Hospital Group and the Swiss Medical Network.

Family room after childbirth

Most hospitals with a maternity ward offer family rooms. However there aren’t many available and they’re in great demand. Wherever possible, we’ll help organise a family room for you and cover the costs of accommodation for an accompanying person. This gives you the opportunity to spend the first days and nights together with your newborn in the protected environment of the hospital.

Important: make sure you contact your personal customer advisor as soon as possible if you’d like to use a family room after the birth.

Peace of mind on admission to hospital

A stay in hospital always involves organisation. Your customer advisor will be happy to help you arrange your stay, starting from helping you choose the best hospital, doctor and method of treatment right through to organising your trip to hospital.

Excellent care

You also receive personal support when you’re in hospital. Just ask your advisory team if you need any help or advice. You can enjoy exclusive Preference benefits in selected partner hospitals of the Swiss Medical Network, such as:

  • Personal contact in the hospital
  • Peace to recover in a single or two-bed room
  • Overnight accommodation for a guest
  • Free WLAN in your room

Getting home and back on your feet

After hospital treatment you need peace and time to recover. Your personal advisor can help organise your journey home and any follow-up treatment required. Do you need help around the house? Here, too, your advisor will be happy to find a solution for you.

Sanitas Assistance: fast help abroad

Before a trip you can contact Sanitas Assistance for information on the entry and vaccination requirements for your destination. And during your trip you can rest assured that Sanitas Assistance offers fast and straightforward support In the event of emergencies abroad.

Sanitas Assistance will organise

  • Medical care on the spot and purchase of medicines
  • Commitments to cover costs and advances in case of emergencies abroad
  • Notification of your next of kin, if requested
  • Medically necessary transportation, including safe transport back to Switzerland
  • Accompanied journey home for your children
  • Travel and hotel accommodation for a person of your choice if you are unable to travel home
  • Repatriation of a deceased person  

Important: For Sanitas to be able to cover the costs of treatment abroad, you must always contact Sanitas Assistance in an emergency. If this isn’t possible, you must contact Sanitas Assistance afterwards within 10 days.

Sanitas Assistance

+41 44 446 47 47