Please note that the office of UNIQA, the third-party administrator for the CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS), in CERN’s main building will be closed during the two-week end-of-year closure. Click here for more details.

Each year, the medical service organises blood donation campaigns in collaboration with HUG and/or EFS (typically twice a year). Click here for more details.

We remind you that claims can be sent in 4 ways. Click on the title for more details.

Reimbursement of COVID-19 Tests as of 1 January 2023. Click on the title for more detail.

November 2022
All CHIS members have the right to be reimbursed for certain alternative therapies under specific conditions. Click on the title for more detail.

October 2022
Auxiliary medical care encompasses a vast range of services, and the rules governing how it is covered frequently give rise to questions from members. Below is a non-exhaustive list of the medical auxiliaries most frequently covered by the CHIS, for most members, provided that you have a medical prescription.

Members of personnel are reminded that their spouses who have “travailleur frontalier” (cross-border commuter) status are obliged to formally choose a health insurance system (Swiss or French) within three months of taking up employment in Switzerland. Click on the title for more detail.

For Reimbursement of COVID-19 Tests as of 11 January 2022. Click on the title for more detail.

We remind you that CERN has been informed that all members of CERN personnel, family members, and retirees residing in Switzerland are included in the vaccination campaign according to the same modalities and schedule as the rest of the population. Click on the title for more detail.

CERN personnel, and their accompanying family members, residing in France are included in the vaccination campaign, with the vaccine being made available to them in the same way and at the same pace as it is to others in their respective in France even if they do not hold a "carte vitale. Click on the title for more detail.

Following the implementation of the new portal myUNIQA.ch since 1st April 2020, UNIQA has also deployed a smartphone application. Click on the title for more detail.

As of 1st October 2021 until 30 November 2021. Click on the title for more detail.

We remind you that you have access to a Telemedicine service 24/7 with MEDGATE.  Click on the link for more detail.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Swiss authorities have restricted entry into Switzerland. Only Swiss citizens, holders of a residence permit in Switzerland (including a FDFA legitimation card), and persons with a certified professional reason for entering Switzerland may enter the country. Click on the title for more detail.

For family members of international civil servants and retired international civil servants and members of their family, domiciled in France, who are not holders of a carte de légitimation: access to medical care in Switzerland is subject to restrictions. Click on the title for more detail.