The Kiel Pain Clinic was founded in 1997 as a scientific model project at the University Hospital of Kiel by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel and was contractually supported by the AOK (a major German health insurance provider). With the Techniker Krankenkasse (a major German health insurance provider), the concept was then adapted for nationwide care, and an innovative outpatient and inpatient treatment network with over 400 independent pain therapists across Germany was initiated. Today, the clinic operates as a nationwide center for multimodal pain therapy, collaborating with regional pain therapists in private practices and hospitals through coordinated treatment plans. Our clinic treats over 1,500 patients annually from all over Germany; approximately a quarter of the patients come from Schleswig-Holstein. To ensure that all patients receive care, the clinic was included in the national hospital plan at the end of 2013. In addition, in accordance with the supply contract pursuant to Sections 108 No. 3, 109 SGB V, the clinic provides acute inpatient treatment (Section 39 Paragraph 1 SGB V) for the indications of chronic pain in diseases of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system including the muscles within the framework of neurological-behavioral medicine treatment procedures for insured persons residing outside of Schleswig-Holstein of the member funds of the health insurance associations.