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France Launches Nationwide Digital Carte Vitale App for All Insured

Automatic updates plus tighter links to national billing systems aim to cut paperwork, reducing invoicing errors.

Overview

  • The app is now available free on Android and iOS to everyone affiliated with an Assurance Maladie regime, including MSA and MGEN.
  • Activation requires a valid identity document and a short facial video, with verification performed by GIE Sesam‑Vitale agents.
  • Health professionals can read the credential by scanning a QR code or, where equipment allows, via NFC, with data feeding SESAM‑Vitale and ADRi services.
  • Readiness varies across providers, with an official claim of 95% software compatibility contrasted by lower equipment rates reported for pharmacies (about 65%) and general practitioners (about 24%), so users are urged to keep the physical card as a backup.
  • Before the nationwide rollout, 1.8 million people had already activated the digital card, and an added function to include the complementary insurance identifier for mutual billing is planned for 2026.