Health Insurance and ID Card on your Smartphone: BARMER Commissions T-Systems and VERIMI
Leading German health insurer Barmer has commissioned T-Systems and Verimi to supply and manage digital identities for its 8.7 million policyholders.
Digital identities are provided through ID services. T-Systems relies on the Verimi ID Wallet for this purpose. As part of the approval procedure for interoperable user accounts of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI), the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) evaluated the eID identification procedure and the Verimi App-based authentication using a PIN. Based on the documents submitted by Verimi, the BSI had confirmed in 2020 that the procedure is suitable for the trust level. T-Systems and Verimi use these procedures evaluated by the BSI when mapping digital identities for Barmer.
Legal obligation for insurers from 2023 The smartphone will become an electronic health insurance card. Policyholders will receive a digital twin of their chip cards on their smartphones: digital identities will enable access to data and applications. Like the card, they will also serve as proof of insurance. Health insurers will have to offer this service by 2023. The basis for this is the Digital Care and Nursing Modernization Act (DVPMG) which came into force last year.
Telekom and Verimi will integrate the wallet into the BARMER App. The stored electronic ID card and biometric processes such as Face ID ensure unique identification. This will allow users to access the electronic patient file in a highly secure manner, for example, for electronic prescriptions. Telekom and Verimi want to offer their solution to other insurers. In principle, the technology is suitable for almost all areas of online social life.
Signal for the Federal Government and the European Union Digital identities give citizens more sovereignty on the Internet. The Federal Government and the European Union are driving this development forward. The companies therefore hope that this deal with BARMER will also send a signal to the public sector. The Federal Government and the private sector want to work together to help digital identities achieve a breakthrough. This is a strategic issue for Telekom. The company has been a Verimi shareholder since 2017. 21 German companies have a stake in Verimi, including a raft of DAX companies.
Leading German health insurer Barmer has commissioned T-Systems and Verimi to supply and manage digital identities for its 8.7 million policyholders.
Digital identities are provided through ID services. T-Systems relies on the Verimi ID Wallet for this purpose. As part of the approval procedure for interoperable user accounts of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI), the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) evaluated the eID identification procedure and the Verimi App-based authentication using a PIN. Based on the documents submitted by Verimi, the BSI had confirmed in 2020 that the procedure is suitable for the trust level. T-Systems and Verimi use these procedures evaluated by the BSI when mapping digital identities for Barmer.
Legal obligation for insurers from 2023
The smartphone will become an electronic health insurance card. Policyholders will receive a digital twin of their chip cards on their smartphones: digital identities will enable access to data and applications. Like the card, they will also serve as proof of insurance. Health insurers will have to offer this service by 2023. The basis for this is the Digital Care and Nursing Modernization Act (DVPMG) which came into force last year.
Telekom and Verimi will integrate the wallet into the BARMER App
. The stored electronic ID card and biometric processes such as Face ID ensure unique identification. This will allow users to access the electronic patient file in a highly secure manner, for example, for electronic prescriptions. Telekom and Verimi want to offer their solution to other insurers. In principle, the technology is suitable for almost all areas of online social life.
Signal for the Federal Government and the European Union
Digital identities give citizens more sovereignty on the Internet. The Federal Government and the European Union are driving this development forward. The companies therefore hope that this deal with BARMER will also send a signal to the public sector. The Federal Government and the private sector want to work together to help digital identities achieve a breakthrough. This is a strategic issue for Telekom. The company has been a Verimi shareholder since 2017. 21 German companies have a stake in Verimi, including a raft of DAX companies.