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The costs for this are covered by the operating cost allowance in accordance with the financing agreement.
Your access to the telematics infrastructure
Practitioner and healthcare professional card
The practice and healthcare professional card provides you with official proof of your professional qualifications. This card makes it easier to identify yourself in everyday practice, promotes trust among patients and gives you smooth access to medical facilities, training courses and conferences. This means you benefit from greater security, recognition and flexibility in your professional life.
Your ticket to a secure telematics infrastructure
This will make healthcare more efficient, modern and future-proof.
Your advantages
Trust service provider
T-Systems is approved by gematik as a trust service provider and is therefore an official producer of eHBA and SMC-B.
Can be used independently
The eHBA and SMC-B from T-Systems can be used in the telematics infrastructure independently of providers and manufacturers.
The practice card (SMC-B)
The Security Module Card Type B (SMC-B), also known as a practice card, is your ticket to participating in the telematics infrastructure (TI). It is a key storage device for the private keys of a healthcare organisation (e.g. practices, hospitals, care facilities). These keys serve as "identification" to other components, organisations and service providers within the telematics infrastructure. The practice card entitles healthcare organisations and institutions to offer and use services in the TI. It enables the reading and updating of insured persons' master data on your patients' electronic health cards.
Cost of practice card (SMC-b)
| Select your payment method | Prices, net plus VAT. |
| Quarterly payment Minimum contract term 24 months | €19.54 |
The electronic health professional card (eHBA)
The electronic health professional card is a personalised microprocessor chip card in credit card format, equipped with cryptographic functions. Identify yourself personally within the telematics infrastructure (TI) with your eHBA and use specialist services and applications of the TI such as communication in the medical sector (KIM), drug therapy safety/electronic medication plan (AMTS/eMP) and emergency data management (NFDM). The new second-generation electronic health professional card is equipped with all the necessary functions to access specialist services and applications of the telematics infrastructure and to communicate confidentially and in encrypted form.
Costs of the health professional card
| Select your payment method | Prices, net plus VAT. |
| Quarterly payment Minimum contract term 24 months | €21.00 |
| Annual payment Minimum contract term 24 months | €84.00 |
| Payment for 5 years Minimum contract term 5 years | €420.00 |
How to order your practice card
How to order your practice card
The following information is required to apply for your practice card:
- Your business premises number (BSNR)
- Your lifelong doctor number (LANR)
- Your login details for the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (only for dentists)
Doctors and psychotherapists apply for their practice card (SMC-B) via the T-Systems application portal.
Dentists can begin applying for their practice card on the portal of their respective Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (see table below). The portal of your Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists will redirect you to the T-Systems application portal, where you can begin the ordering process with your pre-filled application.
After successfully applying for the practice card, print out the relevant documents via the T-Systems application portal.
Please note: As the document contains your passwords as well as an explanation of the next steps, it is essential that you store it securely. Unfortunately, it is not possible to reissue the document.
Once your application has been successfully reviewed and approved by your local dental insurance association, T-Systems will start the production process for your practice ID card.
Your practice card will be sent to you personally by registered post and handed over to you in person. Please note that the card can only be handed over to the person who applied for it.
If you are unable to accept the registered letter in person, you have the option of completing the power of attorney for an authorised representative. You will have already received this power of attorney as a PDF file after successfully submitting your application.
For security reasons, you will receive the PIN/PUK letter separately at a later date.
Once you have received your practice card and the corresponding PIN/PUK letter, you must activate your practice card in the T-Systems application portal.
To do this, have your card and the activation password ready, which was sent to you after submitting the application with the application data (PDF document "Application for practice card (SMC-B) - Password letter for the applicant").
Please select your relevant dental insurance association:
The following information is required to apply for your practice card:
Institutions can submit their application for an SMC-B online via the electronic health professions register (eGBR).
Please note: Currently, a practice card can only be issued to institutions to which a person with an electronic health professional card (eHBA) can be assigned.
The following information is required for registration in the eGBR and for applying for your practice card:
- Digital proof of entitlement to services within the meaning of SGB V (e.g. photo or PDF).
- Your institution identification number (IK number)
- eHBA number of the person affiliated with the institution with eHBA
You can submit your application to practise as an SMC-B to the electronic health professions register (eGBR):
https://meineverwaltung.nrw/en/service/99050159012000
The issuing authority is the electronic health professions register at the Münster district government. Fill in the application form with your institution's details.
Do you already have an eGBR transaction number? Then start ordering your practice ID card in the T-Systems application portal.
Upon receipt of your application, it will be reviewed by the eGBR. The eGBR charges an administrative fee for this review.
After successfully completing the examination, you will receive an email with the examination result and your transaction number.
You can use the transaction number to order your SMC-B in the T-Systems application portal.
Your practice card will be sent to you personally by registered post and handed over to you in person. Please note that the card can only be handed over to the person who applied for it.
If you are unable to accept the registered letter in person, you have the option of completing the power of attorney for an authorised representative. You will have already received this power of attorney as a PDF file after successfully submitting your application.
For security reasons, you will receive the PIN/PUK letter separately at a later date.
Once you have received your practice card and the corresponding PIN/PUK letter, you must activate your practice card in the T-Systems application portal.
To do this, have your card and the activation password ready, which was sent to you after submitting the application with the application data (PDF document "Application for practice card (SMC-B) - Password letter for the applicant").
The following information is required to apply for your practice card:
- Copy(ies) of the identity card(s) of the authorised representative(s)
- Proof of authority to represent (not older than 6 months at the time of application). Examples depending on legal form:
- Extract from the commercial register (
corporation; partnership; AöR – registered; foundation) - Extract from the cooperative register (e.G.)
- Extract from the register of associations (e.V.)
- Municipal or district regulations (public utility)
- Operating statutes of the sponsoring municipality (municipal enterprise)
- Proof of power of representation based on the respective state ordinance on the Higher Education Medical Act (public institution)
- Proof of power of representation by the ministry responsible for sponsorship issues (state hospital)
- Extract from the statutes (public corporation, KöR)
- Copy of the notification of inclusion in the state hospital plan or any other document proving that the institution for which SMC-B is being applied for is a hospital.
Hospitals apply for their institutional ID card (SMC-B KH) directly via the T-Systems application portal..
The application is approved by Deutsche Krankenhaus Trust Center und Informationsverarbeitung GmbH (DKTIG).
A prerequisite for production approval and delivery of the institutional ID card is a corresponding contract between the applicant hospital and DKTIG. You will receive these contract documents during the application process on the T-Systems application portal.
Further information is available from Deutsche Krankenhaus Trust Center und Informationsverarbeitung GmbH (DKTIG).
Your practice card will be sent to you personally by registered post and handed over to you in person. Please note that the card can only be handed over to the person who applied for it.
If you are unable to accept the registered letter in person, you have the option of completing the power of attorney for an authorised representative. You will have already received this power of attorney as a PDF file after successfully submitting your application.
For security reasons, you will receive the PIN/PUK letter separately at a later date.
Once you have received your practice card and the corresponding PIN/PUK letter, you must activate your practice card in the T-Systems application portal.
To do this, have your card and the activation password ready, which was sent to you after submitting the application with the application data (PDF document "Application for institutional card (SMC-B hospital) - Password letter for the applicant").
How to order your electronic health professional card
How to order your electronic health professional card
The following information is required to apply for your practice card:
- Your business premises number (BSNR)
- Your lifelong doctor number (LANR)
- Your registration details for the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (only for dentists)
First, please select your eHBA and the relevant chamber (see below).
You will then start in your chamber's portal and be redirected to your pre-filled application in the T-Systems application portal.
If your relevant chamber does not offer a pre-filled application form, you will be redirected to the T-Systems application portal, where you can begin the ordering process with a blank application form.
After successfully applying for the electronic health professional card, print out the relevant documents via the T-Systems application portal.
Please note: As the document contains your passwords as well as an explanation of the next steps, it is essential that you store it securely. Unfortunately, it is not possible to reissue the document.
When applying for an electronic health professional card, you must identify yourself as the applicant in accordance with the law. The Post Ident procedure is available for this purpose.
Once your application has been successfully reviewed and approved by your relevant chamber, T-Systems will start the production process for your electronic health professional card.
Your electronic health professional card will be sent to you personally by registered post and handed over to you in person. Please note that the card can only be handed over to you as the applicant.
If you are unable to accept the registered letter in person, you have the option of completing the power of attorney for an authorised representative. You will have already received this power of attorney as a PDF file after successfully submitting your application.
For security reasons, you will receive the PIN/PUK letter separately at a later date.
Preferred option: via practice management software manufacturer (PMS manufacturer) – instructions are available from the PMS manufacturer.
Temporary solution Pin/Puk tool if your PVS manufacturer does not offer a way to activate
the card (no guarantee; depends on local security and hardware settings).
Prerequisite:
Download the free PIN/PUK tool https://www.telesec.de/de/service/downloads/branchen-und-eco-systeme/ - Please note the system requirements in the PIN/PUK tool manual, chapter 1.2.
Smartcard card reader (for technical specifications, see Pin/Puk Tool Manual, Chapter 1.2)
Once you have received your electronic health professional card and the PIN/PUK letter, all you need to do is activate it in the T-Systems application portal.
To do this, have your card and the activation password ready, which was provided to you after submitting the application with the application data.
The following information is required to apply for your practice card:
Institutions can submit their application for an SMC-B online via the electronic health professions register (eGBR).
Please note: Currently, a practice card can only be issued to institutions to which a person with an electronic health professional card (eHBA) can be assigned.
The following information is required for registration in the eGBR and for applying for your practice card:
- Digital proof of entitlement to the service within the meaning of SGB V (e.g. photo or PDF).
- Your institution identification number (IK number)
- eHBA number of the person affiliated with the institution with eHBA
When applying for an electronic health professional card, you must identify yourself as the applicant in accordance with the law. The Post Ident procedure is available for this purpose.
Upon receipt of your application, it will be reviewed by the eGBR. The eGBR charges an administrative fee for this review.
After successfully completing the examination, you will receive an email with the examination result and your transaction number.
You can use the transaction number to order your SMC-B in the T-Systems application portal.
Your electronic health professional card will be sent to you personally by registered post and handed over to you in person. Please note that the card can only be handed over to you as the applicant.
If you are unable to accept the registered letter in person, you have the option of completing the power of attorney for an authorised representative. You will have already received this power of attorney as a PDF file after successfully submitting your application.
For security reasons, you will receive the PIN/PUK letter separately at a later date.
Preferred option: via practice management software manufacturer (PMS manufacturer) – instructions are available from the PMS manufacturer.
Temporary solution Pin/Puk tool if your PVS manufacturer does not offer a way to activate
the card (no guarantee; depends on local security and hardware settings).
Prerequisite:
Download the free PIN/PUK tool https://www.telesec.de/de/service/downloads/branchen-und-eco-systeme/ - Please note the system requirements in the PIN/PUK tool manual, chapter 1.2.
Smartcard card reader (for technical specifications, see Pin/Puk Tool Manual, Chapter 1.2)
Once you have received your electronic health professional card and the PIN/PUK letter, all you need to do is activate it in the T-Systems application portal.
To do this, have your card and the activation password ready, which was provided to you after submitting the application with the application data.
Please select your relevant chamber:
Medical associations
Dental associations
Psychotherapist associations
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