About the company
LLC Insurance Medical Company Krymmedstrakh was founded on 30 May 2014 and works in the compulsory medical insurance (OMS) system of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. It has 11 representative offices in Crimea and a branch in Sevastopol, with 12 policy issuing points. Policies can also be obtained at the “My Documents” public service centres in Crimea.
The company has contracts with the OMS funds of Crimea and Sevastopol and with more than 95 medical organizations providing OMS care.
How the company helps insured people
The SMO’s task is to protect the insured person’s right to free medical care. In practice the company:
- issues the OMS policy and provides an extract on request;
- reminds insured people about health check-ups (dispanserizatsiya) and preventive examinations through its insurance representatives;
- checks the timing, scope and quality of medical care and carries out expert reviews following complaints;
- helps if free care is refused or a clinic demands payment for services covered by the state guarantee programme;
- advises on choosing a clinic and a doctor and on booking diagnostic tests.
If you need more than the OMS programme offers — clinics without queues or a wider range of services — consider voluntary medical insurance (DMS); employers can look at DMS for employees.
How to become a client of an SMO or switch to another one
The insured person chooses the company in the OMS system. You do not pay for the policy — it is a free state guarantee.
- Submit an application to choose or change your SMO at the company’s office or on Gosuslugi.
- A change is allowed once per calendar year (apply by 1 November), and also if you move or your previous SMO stops operating.
- Your policy details are then entered in the unified register of insured persons; since 1 December 2022 the policy exists in digital form, and an extract is available on request.
The policy is valid throughout Russia but not abroad — for travel you need travel medical insurance.
Figures
According to the company, since July 2014 the number of people insured with Krymmedstrakh has exceeded 1.3 million: over 1.04 million in the Republic of Crimea and over 260,000 in Sevastopol.
The money an SMO receives is not insurance premium in the usual sense: funds for medical care come from the regional OMS fund, so such companies are usually not ranked among insurers by premiums. The key indicator is the number of insured people.
Contacts
The company’s phone number in the Bank of Russia register is 8 800 100-77-03. Head office: 29 Ekaterininskaya St, Simferopol; Sevastopol branch: 17 Lenina St, Sevastopol. Management receives citizens on Mondays; schedules and policy issuing points are listed on oms-crimea.ru.
If the SMO cannot resolve your issue, you can contact the regional OMS fund of the Republic of Crimea or the city of Sevastopol. To compare insurers for other types of cover, see the Polis Re insurance company directory.