EHC: Where your health takes centre stage
From screening to recovery and support in difficult situations. Thanks to the collaboration between CSS and Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte (EHC), you’ll receive optimum care at every stage in your life.
The advantages for you as a CSS client
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Case management: Two points of contact assist you free of charge: The navigator helps you find your way through the EHC network while the coordinator provides support in complex health matters.
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Personalised prevention recommendation: We help you with recovery, prevention and management of medical conditions. Make the most of the free ‘evaluation de santé’ and get your own well-being plan.
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Guaranteed access: As someone who is insured with CSS, you're guaranteed to be accepted as a patient by a family practice near where you live affiliated with the EHC health organisation.
How to benefit from the EHC health organisation
- You live or work in the Vaud region.
- You have the HMO, Family Doctor or Multimed model of basic insurance.
- Choose one of the 16 family practices affiliated with the EHC health organisation.
Choose EHC family practice
| Place | Doctor's practice |
|---|---|
| Aubonne | Centre médical d'Aubonne |
| Bussigny | Centre médical de Bussigny |
| Chavannes-Renens | EHC Centre médical de Chavannes-près-Renens |
| Crissier | Anvari Tehrani Masoero Ariane |
| Crissier | Brandle Carolina |
| Crissier | Centre médical Nord-Sud, EHC |
| Echichens | Centre médical d'Echichens |
| Ecublens VD | Centre Médical Arcades EPFLMorges |
| Morges | Cabinets de la Côte |
| Morges | Centre médical Charpentiers |
| Penthalaz | Policlinique de la Venoge |
| Renens VD | Centre médical Simplon |
| Renens VD | Centre Simplon Pédiatrie |
| Romanel-s-Lausanne | Centre médical de Romanel |
| St-Prex | Centre médical de St-Prex |
| St-Prex | EHC Centre médical Saint-Prex Pédiatrie |
Change to EHC & benefit
Worth knowing about the EHC health organisation
CSS is launching a new care model in canton Vaud in cooperation with the Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte health organisation. With this step, we're revolutionising healthcare in the region. Together, we're committed to the provision of high-quality, cost-effective medical care.
Case management
Close cooperation between members of the EHC health team means your treatment is always optimally coordinated. In addition, you’ll receive comprehensive, personalised support throughout your entire treatment and have two points of contact you can turn to for assistance, free of charge:
- The navigator will help you find your way around the EHC health organisation and give you quick answers to your questions.
- The coordinator will help you deal with complex or chronic health issues. They will provide you with personal support and help coordinate your treatment.
Always here for you
You’ll receive comprehensive care and benefit from a network covering 40 medical specialties at more than 30 locations.
In an emergency, there will always be someone there for you. You have access to three Permanence clinics and to initial medical advice over the phone, plus digital access via the Well app.
Recommendation on prevention
We’ll not only support you in recovering and living mindfully with a medical condition, we’ll also help you with prevention. Together, we’ll compile personalised recommendations for your well-being based on the results of the free ‘evaluation de santé.
FAQs
Persons insured with CSS can benefit from the collaboration with EHC from 1 January 2025.
If you live or work in canton Vaud and are insured with CSS, you can choose a family practice affiliated with the EHC health organisation. This applies to the 3 basic insurance models Family Doctor, HMO and Multimed.
At the moment, the model is only being offered in the Vaud region. We’re looking into other partnerships.
EHC and CSS are improving patient care in three ways:
- By quickly adopting the most sensible course of treatment, unnecessary examinations can be avoided.
- Coordinated treatment improves the quality of care.
- That helps to lower healthcare costs in the long term.
A digital health record saves time and money because your health data is available to the EHC team at all times. This avoids duplication and allows your treatment to be optimally coordinated.
No, there's no additional premium discount for this model. However, if you opt for EHC, you’ll enjoy many advantages:
- Guaranteed admission to an EHC family practice
- Case management by the navigator and coordinator
- Free ‘evaluation de santé’ and personal prevention tips
- Digital health record to avoid duplication
- Initial consultation over the phone from EHC Telemedicine
