The Social Health Authority (SHA) has confirmed that it will finalize the payment to health facilities for services they provided under the national health insurance system in the next three weeks.
In a statement on Tuesday, July 22, the SHA Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Mwangangi, confirmed that the authority is currently scrutinising all healthcare claims that were made by July 1 by the over 9000 contracted healthcare facilities in the country to ensure that they are in line with the Authority's regulations.
According to Mwangangi, the authority has already completed the review of the primary healthcare fund and the maternity package, and payments were to be made today, July 22.
Furthermore, Mwangangi said that the authority is currently reviewing inpatient, surgical packages, and other medical claims, and payments will be made in the next three weeks.
