The Social Health Authority (SHA) has pulled down the payment list of Sh11.4 billion made to hospitals.
SHA acting Chief Executive Officer Robert Ingasira said criminals downloaded and doctored the payment list.
Immediately after the issue was reported, Ingasira said the document was pulled down, with a notice flagged to alert hospitals not to fall into traps of criminals. "Some people had downloaded the list, doctored it and were using it to con hospitals, telling them they are helping hospitals to be paid," said Ingasira. The public had poked holes into inconsistency in relaying information about hospital payments, after the list of SH11.4 billion pay was made public, only for it to be pulled down. .Keep ReadingGovernment to transition from NHIF to SHA on October 1What to expect as NHIF paves way for SHAExperts warn SHIF deductions do not tally with expected benefitsConfusion as top officials snub SHA digital demonstration eventFurther, the list was flagged as fake, only for the notice bearing fake notice to be deleted within SHA portal and website on Monday. In an interview with The Standard, the SHA chief executive said a number of hospitals called the authority, complaining that unknown individuals were reaching out, claiming to be reconciling National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) debt. "Hospitals reported to us that individuals who posed like SHA employees reached out to them, asking them to share their details so that they could help them process claims for NHIF debt," said Ingasira.
But he maintained that the list on the website was factual, bearing a list of hospitals and the amount of money paid.
