The Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) has warned that several private hospitals are at risk of closure due to persistent delays in compensation from the national government.
According to RUPHA Chairman, Brian Lishenga, the government owes its members billions of shillings in arrears under the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the now-defunct NHIF. In a press statement issued in Meru, the association, which represents 700 private and faith-based hospitals, warned that the unpaid claims have pushed many facilities to the brink of shutting down.
Lishenga said the national government owes private hospitals Ksh33 billion in NHIF arrears and Ksh43 billion in SHA liabilities, with the total amounting to Ksh76 billion.
The chairperson of the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) Brian Lishenga during a past event.
