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Private health care providers in the Far East say they will consider phasing out from May if the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) does not pay them part of their requests.
At a press conference in Bolgatanga, the regional president of the Association of Private Health Care Providers, Dr. Francis Asaanah, said the populations of at least five districts in this region suffer from the withdrawal of their services.
"Binduri, Pusiga, Timpane and Garu do not have hospitals and it is individuals who have set up health facilities to meet their health needs," he said.
According to him, the current indebtedness claims to the NHIA is close to a year now and suppliers have submitted claims ranging from December 2018 to February 2019.
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He revealed that their situation was disastrous as some hospitals had not been able to pay salaries for four months.
"That's because they rely solely on NHIA repayments to pay salaries and buy other logistics services for their operations.
"We want the Authority and the government to consider making regular monthly payments to the institutions, as this would go a long way towards ensuring the consistent and consistent provision of quality health care services," he said.
He believes that if this is done, it will prevent the frequent work unrest and strike threats faced by health care providers.
Dr. Asaanah said that due to lack of funds, the members of the Association are not able to meet their statutory obligations, such as the payment of the SSNIT to their staff.
"The SSNIT has almost all of us brought to court and we had to go out and meet them to protect ourselves … The government has to pay us on the back and ensure that these problems are solved so that they continue to serve the population, "he said.
For its part, Thomas Moore, a private health care provider, said that most drug providers will not agree to provide supplies for up to three months if post-dated checks are issued to them. are handed over.
"Most of our facilities have turned to the courts for this reason because they give the checks and hope that the NHIA will pay them and at the end of that date you would have defaulted.
"If the payments were monthly, no matter how small, you can plan … no installation here can expand, you can not buy new instruments because you do not know when they will pay," he said. said.
NHIA to pay off debts to Cape Coast hospital, others soon
The National Health Insurance Agency, NHIA, will soon pay the debts they owe to Cape Coast Hospital and other hospitals in the country.
According to NHIA Acting Director Dr. Lydia Dsane Selby, the budget has been approved and they will begin discussions with the Ministry of Finance to pay for the hospitals they owe.
"We owe some hospitals about 6 months of their NHIA services. Now that our budget has been approved, we can begin discussions with the Department of Finance on the release of our funds. "
"It takes about three months for NHIA claims to be filed. We now see the demands of those who were treated in December. If each establishment filed its application within two months and we resolved the problem within two months, it would receive it quickly, "she added.
In a letter to the NHIA, the Central Region Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) announced that it would suspend its services to National Health Insurance Plan (NHIS) cardholders as a result of the non-payment of claims covering several million Ghanaian cedis.
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