Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the insured remained entitled to KVG coverage for continued inpatient psychiatric treatment after 2016-10-05
Decisione estratta
No. The treatment remained necessary, but the file did not show that it still required acute hospital conditions; care could be provided in a closed nursing-care setting.
Motivazione estratta
The court accepted that treatment was still needed, but distinguished between treatment need and acute hospital need. The medical records did not convincingly show that the required therapies could only be delivered in an acute hospital. A long-lasting psychiatric condition is generally not an acute illness under KVG, and the changed condition did not justify continued billing at the hospital tariff.