The Ombudsman on Friday, February 21, demanded the Social Health Authority provide a detailed breakdown of outstanding payments to hospitals, including the reason for delays in the wake of a recent move by the Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Authority (RUPHA) to suspend healthcare services.
Through a statement, the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) (Office of the Ombudsman) slapped SHA with four other demands, giving them seven days to comply with their orders.
The move by CAJ came after RUPHA decried the failure of SHA to remit funds owed to private healthcare providers for services rendered under government-sponsored health programs.
In their lamentations, RUPHA stated that the suspension that will take effect from Monday, February 24, came after a staggering accumulation of unpaid arrears by the now-defunct National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) amounting to approximately Ksh30 billion.
