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Umbrella organisation of the Social insurance
The Umbrella Association of Social Insurance Institutions is the legally established umbrella organisation for all Austrian social insurance schemes. The umbrella organisation in its current form was created through a far-reaching reorganisation as part of the reorganisation of the social insurance institutions on 1 January 2020. The predecessor organisation, the Federation of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions, was founded in 1948. The umbrella organisation is a Juridical person under public law and assumes important coordinating tasks for its members.

Umbrella Organisation of the Social Insurance
In the umbrella organisation of social insurance, various social insurance institutions come together to make joint decisions of relevance to all institutions. At present, 5 social insurance institutions (in the health, accident and pension insurance) are grouped together in the umbrella association, some of which have several branches:


 * Health insurance: Österreichische Gesundheitskasse, Sozialversicherungsanstalt der Selbständigen, Versicherungsanstalt öffentlich Bediensteter, Eisenbahnen und Bergbau
 * Pension insurance: Pension Insurance Institution, Insurance Institution of Public Servants, Railways and Mining, Social Insurance Institution of the Self-employed
 * Accident insurance: General Accident Insurance Institution, Insurance Institution for Civil Servants, Railways and Mining, Social Insurance Institution for the Self-employed

General association functions
The functions of the umbrella association for the individual insurance providers include


 * The management of a common computer system (since 1972) and the administration of those data stocks which are of common importance for the social insurance institutions (central partner administration ZPV)
 * Management of an electronic signature-enabled administration system of which the e-card is a component
 * Forwarding of registration and accounting data ("Data Hub Main Association") for social insurance agencies, hospitals, contractual partners, employers, labour market service; allocation of social insurance numbers; information to courts and authorities due to legal requirements, e.g. participation in censuses
 * The conclusion of the overall contracts for the social insurance agencies with the respective professional associations for medical treatment, mother-child pass services, occupational medicine, preventive medical checkups, provision of medicines, psychotherapy, etc.
 * Drawing up guidelines for the uniform implementation of laws by the social insurance agencies, forms
 * Controlling, key figure comparisons
 * Legal opinions
 * Representation of the social insurance institutions in fundamental matters and as an intergovernmental liaison office vis-à-vis foreign countries
 * Building approval
 * Training of specialist staff for the social insurance agencies at the Academy of Social Insurance, preparation for the service examination
 * Negotiation of collective agreements concerning employees and workers, doctors and dentists in social security institutions. About 27,000 people work in Austria on the basis of three service regulations and the pension fund collective agreement.

Administrative body
The umbrella association has two bodies, which are called "administrative bodies": The Conference and the General Assembly.

The general meeting has a controlling function. Its members include the chairman/woman and one other deputy chairman of each social insurance institution, as well as representatives of the pensioners' and disabled persons' associations.

the conference is responsible for the management. It consists of ten members - two representatives from each social insurance institution. The conference represents the umbrella organisation externally and has the general competence.

Office organisation
The office business is managed by the office manager (general director) and the deputy office manager. The members of the office management are appointed for four years (current term of office from July 2019 to the end of June 2023). Since July 2019, Martin Brunninger has been Office Manager, with Alexander Burz as Deputy Office Manager. The office is bound by the instructions of the conference.

Management and representation are carried out by the conference and the authorisations (delegation resolutions), signatory powers are defined by the statutes.

The umbrella association is not registered in the commercial register. Organisational bases and functionaries are published in the Supplementary Register pursuant to the eGovernment Act (registration number 9110010357474, until March 2013: 215).

Publications
According to the law, the publication organ of the umbrella association is the trade journal Soziale Sicherheit. The volumes of this journal since its foundation in 1948 are available on the Internet at the Austrian National Library. Legal provisions issued by the umbrella organisation are announced on the Internet in their binding version, including any amendments; since 2002 there have been no more announcements in paper form. Previous announcements have been repealed. The announcements are available in the legal documentation SozDok on the Internet in their currently valid version (also in earlier versions).

Since 2010, the overall agreements that the Main Association concludes with interest groups (chambers) of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, midwives, psychologists, opticians, bandagers, medical institutes, hospitals and other professional groups of the health care professions are also published on the Internet.