!!!Hauptverband der österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger Hauptverband der oesterreichischen Sozialversicherungstraeger (Central Association of Austrian Social Insurance Authorities), legal entity under public law. All the social insurance authorities are statutory members. The Association´s function is to assert the general interests of the social security system and to represent social insurance authorities on issues of common interest; it also conducts research into the field of social security ( Social Insurance). It issues guidelines and statutes that are binding on the insurance authorities, e.g. a guideline on the economical prescription of drugs and therapeutic materials, and it enters into collective contracts with the Medical Associations and other bodies representing the interests of free-lance professionals. Specialist magazine: "Soziale Sicherheit". !Literature K. Grillberger, Oesterreichisches Sozialrecht, %%sup 4/%1998; T. Tomandl, System des oesterreichischen Sozialversicherungsrechts, (loose-leaf edition). %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Hauptverband_der_österreichischen_Sozialversicherungsträger|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]