Key legal question
Whether the insurer must reimburse an out-of-canton listed rehabilitation clinic at the site tariff or only at the home-canton reference tariff.
Extracted holding
The insurer had to reimburse the costs according to the tariff applicable at the clinic's location, because the planned use of out-of-canton rehabilitation clinics in Zurich amounted to a medical reason under Art. 41(2)(b) KVG.
Extracted reasoning
Given Zurich's hospital planning, only a small part of inpatient rehabilitation needs was covered in-canton and most insured persons depended on out-of-canton listed clinics. This functional lack of in-canton supply justified treating the situation as a medical reason under the statute.