Accessibility at Federal Level: How the GKV-Spitzenverband Meets the Highest Standards

The GKV-Spitzenverband is the collective voice of the statutory health insurance funds and represents the interests of around 73 million insured individuals. It advises Parliament and federal ministries on matters of health and long-term care policy and ensures that everyone has access to relevant information.

Digital accessibility is a central priority, particularly because the association’s documents are published at federal level and used by ministries, the German Bundestag, and the professional public.

To meet the high technical accessibility requirements, the GKV-Spitzenverband relies on axesWord. The add-in enables the creation of statements, evaluation reports, and other documents directly in Microsoft Word and allows them to be exported as accessible PDFs at the push of a button.

This ensures that all documents submitted to federal ministries and the German Bundestag comply with strict accessibility requirements. Additional post-processing or external review loops are no longer necessary.

axesWord has thus established itself as a key component in permanently ensuring quality, consistency, and legal compliance in document creation.

Following a successful pilot phase, axesWord was rolled out across the GKV-Spitzenverband. An increasing number of employees now create accessible documents independently and benefit from clear processes and verified quality. From the association’s perspective, axesWord is a particularly simple and reliable way to create accessible PDFs directly from Word.