Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on Saturday constituted a new committee to address the impasse facing the health sector regarding the pending bills that the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund(NHIF) owed to medical facilities.
In an announcement published in a special gazette, Duale announced that the committee would address the backlog of unsettled medical claims that has threatened to cripple the sector especially with complaints from the private and mission based hospitals. ''It is notified for general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Health has constituted a Committee to be known as the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Pending Medical Claims Verification Committee (hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee'),'' read part of the notice by Duale. James Masiro Ojee will chair the committee, which will consist of eighteen other members who will scrutinize all pending claims accumulated between July 1, 2022, and September 30, 2024.
A collage of the NHIF offices and the Social Health Authority logo.
PHOTO/ Business Daily Facebook According to Duale, who recently took over the reins at Afya House, the committee will also assist the government in establishing a clear framework to determine the validity of the pending bills. Further, it will make recommendations on the settlement of genuine claims while identifying and flagging any fraudulent or irregular submissions for appropriate action.
